Iran Press/ West Asia: During his speech delivering to reporters in New York, UN secretary-General, Antonio Guterres said: “Hundreds of girls and boys are reportedly being killed and injured every day."
“More journalists have reportedly been killed over a four-week period than in any conflict in at least three decades,” he said. “More United Nations aid workers have been killed than in any comparable period in the history of our organization.”
“I joined the UN family in mourning 89 of our UNRWA colleagues who have been killed in Gaza, many of them together with members of their family,” Guterres added.
“They include teachers, school principals, doctors, engineers, guards, support staff and a young woman named Mai. Mai did not let her muscular dystrophy or wheelchair confine her dreams. She was a top student, became a software developer and devoted her skills to working on information technology for UNRWA.”
Guterres says that while a “trickle” of aid has crossed from Egypt into Gaza, it is far from meeting the needs of people in the Palestinian territory.
Just over 400 trucks have entered Gaza via the Rafah crossing with Egypt in the past two weeks.
“Let’s be clear, the Rafah crossing does not have capacity to process aid trucks at the scale required,” Guterres said.
He also called for fuel to be allowed into the bombarded enclave: “Without fuel, newborn babies in incubators and patients on life support will die.”
The UN needs $1.2bn to help deliver aid to 2.7 million people in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, Guterres added. 219
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