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Meanwhile, on Thursday and again on Saturday, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hamas militants published disturbing videos of two emaciated Israeli hostages, sparking worldwide outrage and condemnation from UN leaders, including Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres on Monday.<\/p>\n
The hostages pictured, Rom Braslavsk and Evyatar David, are two of the 49 are still being held in Gaza, including 27 the Israeli military says are dead.<\/p>\n
At Monday\u2019s daily briefing in New York, UN Deputy Spokesman Farhan Haq said the Secretary-General \u201cwas very shocked by this unacceptable violation of human dignity.\u201d<\/p>\n
UN rights chief Volker T\u00fcrk added in a statement that he was appalled by the humiliating treatment of the hostages. Both he and the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Tom Fletcher, reiterated their call for an unconditional, immediate release of all hostages still being held since the 7 October terror attacks.<\/p>\n
The High Commissioner said the \u201cintolerable\u201d sight of starvation in Gaza served as another reminder that the violence had to end. \u201cSaving lives must be everyone\u2019s priority.\u201d<\/p>\n
He called for Israel to immediately allow and facilitate rapid and unimpeded aid: \u201cDenying civilians access to food may amount to a war crime, as well as potentially a crime against humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n
Attack on aid workers<\/h2>\n
On Sunday, the Israeli military reportedly struck the headquarters of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Khan Younis, killing one and injuring three other staff members. \u00a0<\/p>\n
The facility is marked with the Red Crescent emblem and is thus protected under international humanitarian law.<\/p>\n
The UN rights office (OHCHR) in Palestine expressed deep shock and outrage over these killings.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese workers continue to engage in life-saving efforts putting their own lives at risk,\u201d OHCHR said.<\/p>\n
Aid entry \u00a0<\/h2>\n
Amid these controversies, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, posted on social media on Saturday, saying that since Friday, the agency had brought 24 trucks with medical supplies into Gaza. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Items included essential medicines, trauma and surgery supplies, treatments for non-communicable disease and laboratory and water testing supplies. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Mr. Haq also highlighted on Monday that in recent days, the UN and its partners have collected wheat flour, ready-to-eat rations and hot meals from crossing points into Gaza, but most of the cargo was taken by the hungry and desperate before reaching intended destinations.<\/p>\n
Additionally, hygiene kits and nutrition supplies, including high-energy biscuits for pregnant and breastfeeding women and infant formula, have entered in the past week.<\/p>\n
However, in the second week since the Israeli announcement of tactical pauses to allow safe passages for UN aid convoys, Mr. Haq said realities on the ground remain largely the same. \u00a0<\/p>\n
This includes many challenges to delivering aid, resulting in the impediment of two of the 11 missions on Sunday and the full passage of only seven.<\/p>\n
Famine-like conditions<\/h2>\n
This aid is still a fraction of what is needed, as a catastrophic food crisis worsens across the Strip. \u00a0<\/p>\n
The World Food Programme (WFP) said it \u201cis doing everything possible to distribute vital food assistance to families,\u201d but reported on Sunday that over half a million people in Gaza are enduring famine-like conditions. \u00a0<\/p>\n
The UN aid agency for Palestinians (UNRWA) released an audio of Manar, an employee who works within Gaza, on Monday. She said that \u201cfood is never enough,\u201d and that many walk in the heat for hours to search for food and medical supplies.<\/p>\n
The Commissioner-General for UNRWA, Philippe Lazzarini, underscored that this near-famine is largely due to deliberate efforts to dismantle the UN-coordinated humanitarian system through the Israeli and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which is responsible for the killing of nearly 1,400 starving Palestinians near its sites and convoy routes, according to Gaza\u2019s health ministry.<\/p>\n
Prioritising the GHF, Israel has prevented UNRWA \u2013 \u201cthe backbone of humanitarian response\u201d \u2013 from bringing in assistance since 2 March, he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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