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This is the second time that the diplomat has been denied entry to the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the aggression on October 7 last year.
The Israeli authorities have denied entry to the Gaza area of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Phillippe Lazzarini.
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This is the second time that the diplomat has been denied entry to the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the aggression on October 7 last year.
According to Lazzarini, "The past while recorded an increase in the denial of humanitarian access & attacks on humanitarian workers and convoys".
"Only in the past 2 weeks, we have recorded 10 incidents involving shooting at convoys, arrests of UN staff including bullying, stripping them naked, threats with arms & long delays at checkpoints forcing convoys to move during the dark or abort", added the commissioner.
#AccessDenied ✋��
— UNRWA (@UNRWA) May 5, 2024
The Israeli Authorities deny- for the second time- the entry of @UNLazzarini
to #Gaza where he was planning to be with our @UNRWA teams including those on the front lines https://t.co/ypL9d4jBCp
For Phillippe Lazzarini, the situation in Gaza is a race against time, as hunger continues to grow in the Gaza Strip. In addition, humanitarian personnel in the area remain unsafe.
"I demand an independent investigation & accountability for the blatant disregard of humanitarian workers, operations, and facilities, all protected under international law," Lazzarini said.
In the words of the commissioner, "The denial of humanitarian access is a violation of humanitarian law".
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