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Civilians in Gaza must not be the target of collective punishment, speakers told the Security Council today, as calls for a ceasefire gained greater urgency amid the intensification of Israel\u2019s lethal military offensive into the besieged enclave, following the 7\u00a0October attacks by the armed group Hamas against that country.<\/p>\n
Philippe Lazzarini,\u00a0Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), called the Israel Defense Forces\u2019 relentless bombardment of the Gaza Strip \u201cshocking\u201d, with the level of destruction unprecedented, adding that \u201cthe human tragedy unfolding under our watch is unbearable\u201d. \u00a0Reiterating that \u201cno place is safe in Gaza\u201d, he said 1\u00a0million people were pushed from the north to the south over three weeks, with the south also being bombarded.\u00a0 Civilians remaining in the north are now receiving evacuation notices from the Israeli forces, urging them south, although many, including pregnant women and people with disabilities, are unable to move, he said, stressing: \u00a0\u201cWhat happened and continues to happen is forced displacement.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nearly 70\u00a0per cent of those reported killed are children and women, he said, pointing out that nearly 3,200\u00a0children were killed in Gaza in just three weeks. \u00a0\u201cThis cannot be \u2018collateral damage\u2019.\u201d \u00a0After two weeks of full siege, basic services were crumbling; medicine, food, water and fuel are running out, with last weekend\u2019s communications blackout accelerating the breakdown of civil order, he said, adding: \u00a0\u201cThe current siege imposed on Gaza is collective punishment.\u201d\u00a0Gazans today feel that the world equates all of them to Hamas, he said, warning: \u00a0\u201cAn entire population is being dehumanized.\u201d\u00a0 The atrocities of Hamas do not absolve the State of Israel from its obligations under international humanitarian law, he stressed, calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire.<\/p>\n
Catherine Russell,\u00a0Executive Director of the United Nations Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF), said she believed that \u201cthe true cost of this latest escalation will be measured in children\u2019s lives \u2014 those lost to the violence and those forever changed by it\u201d, as rampant grave violations are being committed against them.\u00a0 More than 420\u00a0children are being killed or injured in Gaza each day, she said, adding that it is \u201ca number which should shake each of us to our core\u201d.<\/p>\n
Turning to damage incurred by civilian infrastructure, she said the World Health Organization (WHO) has reported 34\u00a0attacks against health-care facilities, including 21\u00a0hospitals.\u00a0 Meanwhile, Gaza\u2019s\u00a0wastewater treatment plants are now non-operational due to the lack of fuel or power, she said, adding: \u00a0\u201cThe lack of clean water and safe sanitation is on the verge of becoming a catastrophe.\u201d\u00a0 She called for humanitarian access to be allowed through all crossings into the Gaza Strip, and for measures to cut electricity, food, water and fuel from entering Gaza from Israel to be immediately reversed.<\/p>\n
Also briefing the Council was Lisa Doughten, Director of the Humanitarian Financing and Resource Mobilization Division, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, who spoke on behalf of the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. \u00a0Painting a bleak picture of the plight of Gazans, who recently resorted to breaking into UN warehouses in search of food, she said, \u201cPeople are becoming increasingly desperate, as they search for food, water and shelter amid the relentless bombing campaign that is wiping out whole families and entire neighbourhoods.\u201d<\/p>\n
Describing a health-care system in tatters, with patients laying on the floors and in corridors, while surgeons are operating without anaesthesia, she said that life hangs by a thread for the 1,000\u00a0\u202fpatients dependent on dialysis and the 130\u00a0premature babies in incubators, as hospital back-up generators run on fumes. \u00a0Voicing concern\u00a0about allegations of military installations in the close vicinity of hospitals and Israel\u2019s request that hospitals be evacuated, she said: \u00a0\u201cThere is nowhere safe for patients to go, and for those on life support and babies in incubators, moving would almost certainly be a death sentence.\u201d \u00a0Calling on parties to pause\u00a0the fighting on humanitarian grounds, and for\u00a0collective action to prevent the further escalation of the war and spillover into the wider region, she warned:\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThe current situation may pale in comparison with what is to come.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the ensuing debate, many Council members voiced alarm over the unbearable plight of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, as well as over the dramatic uptick in violence by armed settlers in the West Bank. \u00a0Speakers were unanimous in stressing the need for international law to be respected amid Israel\u2019s continuing \u2014 and escalating \u2014 military operations. \u00a0However, some stressed its right to legitimate self-defence, and advocated for humanitarian pauses, which fell short of a full ceasefire, while others deplored the Council\u2019s inaction in the face of a staggering civilian toll, including thousands of slain children.<\/p>\n
Brazil\u2019s delegate voiced alarm at the\u00a0\u201calarming human catastrophe unfolding over our eyes\u201d, with thousands of civilians, including an overwhelming and intolerable number of children, being punished for crimes they have not committed.\u00a0 In that grim context, he deplored that the Council had\u00a0\u201crepeatedly and shamelessly\u201d failed to put an end to the human suffering, stressing: \u00a0\u201cThe eyes of the world are staring at us and will not move away from our distressing inability to act.\u201d\u00a0 On behalf of the Council\u2019s 10\u00a0elected members, he stressed the need to move from rhetoric to action, adding: \u201cI want to put it bluntly: \u00a0there cannot be rescuing of hostages and humanitarian aid under shells.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Russian Federation\u2019s delegate\u00a0noted\u00a0Israel\u2019s Foreign Ministry\u2019s outright rejection of the UN\u2019s \u201cdespicable\u201d call for a ceasefire, and voiced shock over Knesset representatives\u2019 comments that Gaza\u2019s children brought this upon themselves.\u00a0 Amid\u00a0\u201ca humanitarian catastrophe of biblical proportions\u201d unfolding in\u00a0the Occupied Palestinian Territory, the Council has been unable to adopt a resolution due to the United States position, he said, adding: \u00a0\u201cWashington and West Jerusalem have entirely other plans \u2014 to wipe out the population of Gaza or to force them out of the Gaza Strip to force the remaining Palestinian population to assimilate into Israel so as to solve the Palestinian problem that way.\u201d<\/p>\n
The representative of the United Arab Emirates, highlighting that 121\u00a0countries unambiguously called for a humanitarian truce in Gaza on 27\u00a0October, said that the Council\u2019s ignoring the express will of the majority of the world may be what breaks it. \u00a0\u201cColleagues, we need a ceasefire now,\u201d she emphasized.\u00a0 Pointing out that the\u00a0number of Palestinian children killed in just three weeks exceeds the total number of children killed in conflicts in each of the last four years worldwide, she said:\u00a0 \u201cThat should stain our moral conscience if nothing else does.\u201d<\/p>\n
The United States\u2019 representative, meanwhile, stressed that Hamas must not use Palestinians as human shields, and Israel must take all possible precautions to avoid harming civilians. \u00a0As well, she called for the unconditional release of hostages, for humanitarian needs to be addressed, for Israel\u2019s right to defend itself from terrorism to be affirmed and for all actors to be reminded to respect international law. \u00a0Recalling that action had been blocked on a text her delegation put forth last week, she deplored the \u201cgrossly one-sided resolution\u201d adopted by the General Assembly, adding that it was \u201cunconscionable\u201d that the text did not condemn Hamas.<\/p>\n
For his part, the Permanent Observer for the State of Palestine underscored that\u00a0Gaza is now hell on Earth, with the 2.3\u00a0million there enduring suffering that no human beings should endure. \u00a0\u201cThey are besieged and bombed, with nowhere safe to go,\u201d he said, adding that as many as 8,000\u00a0Palestinians have been killed in the past three weeks, including 3,000 in the south of the enclave, where they were forcibly transferred by Israel.\u00a0 The death toll includes 3,500\u00a0Palestinian children, he said, adding: \u00a0\u201cEvery five minutes, a Palestinian child is killed. \u00a0Our children who are, like yours, children of God, children of light. \u00a0How many more days will you wait to say \u2018enough\u2019, to recognize this is a war against our children?\u201d \u00a0He called on the Council to heed the wisdom of the General Assembly\u2019s call for a humanitarian truce and uphold its responsibilities to put an end to the bloodshed.<\/p>\n
The delegate of Israel said that\u00a0\u201cHamas are modern-day Nazis, from their appalling inhumane violence to identical genocidal ideologies\u201d. \u00a0The leadership role in Hamas is held by the Ayatollah regime whose death squads include Hamas, Palestinian Islamic jihad, Hizbullah, the Houthis and other savage jihadists. \u00a0\u201cThe Islamic Nazi regime of Iran is responsible for aiding terrorists around the globe,\u201d he stressed. \u00a0Yet, like during the rise of Nazism, today the world is deafeningly silent. \u00a0Over 250,000\u00a0innocent Israeli civilians have been displaced since the war began and millions are living everyday under threat of constant indiscriminate rocket fire at the hands of Hamas, Hizbullah and other jihadists, he said, adding that his delegation will wear yellow stars until the Council\u00a0<\/strong>condemns Hamas\u2019 atrocities and demands the immediate release of Israeli hostages. \u00a0Stressing that \u201cantisemites have been empowered\u201d, he asked: \u00a0\u201cWhy are the humanitarian needs of Gazans the sole issue you are all focused on?\u201d<\/p>\n Rounding out the discussion, the delegate of Jordan, speaking for the Arab Group, said that the resolution adopted by the General Assembly last week sent a clear message: \u00a0that the international community stood for the protection of innocent civilians, for adherence to legal obligations and an immediate stop to the war in Gaza. \u00a0Warning that the Council\u2019s \u201cdeafening\u201d silence had emboldened Israel to act with impunity, he asked: \u00a0\u201cIsn\u2019t it time for the Council to shoulder its responsibility and heed Gazans\u2019 cries for help, as their houses and places of worship tumble on their heads and they have no safe shelter from Israel\u2019s bombardment?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Briefings<\/u><\/p>\n PHILIPPE LAZZARINI,\u00a0Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East<\/u>\u00a0(UNRWA), said the last three weeks have been horrific, with almost everyone in Israel, the Occupied Palestinian Territory and the region in mourning.\u00a0 The relentless bombardments by the Israel Defense Forces of the Gaza Strip are \u201cshocking\u201d, he said, adding:\u00a0 \u201cThe level of destruction is unprecedented, the human tragedy unfolding under our watch is unbearable.\u201d\u00a0 One million people were pushed from north to south in three weeks; however, the south has also been bombarded, killing many people, he said, reiterating that \u201cno place is safe in Gaza\u201d.\u00a0 Civilians remaining in the north are now receiving evacuation notices from the Israeli forces, urging them south to receive scarce humanitarian assistance, although many, including pregnant women, people with disabilities, the sick and the wounded, are unable to move.\u00a0 \u201cWhat happened and continues to happen is forced displacement,\u201d he stressed, adding that more than 670,000\u00a0displaced people are now in overcrowded UNRWA schools and buildings, where they live in appalling, unsanitary conditions, with limited food and water.<\/p>\n Hunger and despair are turning into anger against the international community, and in Gaza, the international community is better known as UNRWA, he went on.\u00a0 Nearly 70\u00a0per\u00a0cent of those reported killed are children and women, he said, citing Save the Children, which reported on 29\u00a0October that nearly 3,200\u00a0children were killed in Gaza in just three weeks, surpassing the number of children killed annually across the world’s conflict zones since\u00a02019.\u00a0 \u201cThis cannot be \u2018collateral damage\u2019.\u201d\u00a0 Churches, mosques, hospitals and UNRWA facilities, including those sheltering displaced people, had not been spared, with too many people killed and injured whilst seeking safety in places protected by international humanitarian law.\u00a0\u201cThe current siege imposed on Gaza is collective punishment,\u201d he said, adding that, after two weeks of full siege, basic services are crumbling; medicine, food, water and fuel are running out; and the streets are starting to overflow with sewage.<\/p>\n In the latest blow, this weekend\u2019s communications blackout has aggravated the panic and distress of the people in Gaza, he continued, adding that, as a result, they could not communicate with their loved ones inside Gaza to know who is dead and who is alive, did not know if they would receive bread from UNRWA and felt abandoned by the world.\u00a0This accelerated the breakdown in civil order, with thousands of desperate people heading to the UNRWA warehouse and distribution centres that received supplies from Egypt last week.\u00a0A further breakdown in order will make it difficult, \u201cif not impossible\u201d, for the largest UN agency in Gaza to continue operating, he said, adding:\u00a0 \u201cI say this knowing that UNRWA is the last remaining lifeline for the Palestinian people in Gaza.\u201d \u00a0UNRWA is calling on the Council for support, he said, stating that he has lost 64\u00a0colleagues in the past three weeks, with the latest such tragedy occurring two hours ago, when his colleague, Samir, died with his wife and eight children.\u00a0\u201cThis is the highest number of UN aid workers killed in a conflict in such a short time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Observing that his 13,000\u00a0colleagues in Gaza are from a community of 1.7\u00a0million Palestine refugees, with those alive having suffered losses of friends and family, being displaced, as they nonetheless continued to work tirelessly for their community.\u00a0 They ran 150\u00a0UNRWA shelters, kept a third of its health centres open, ran 80mobile health teams, supported the entry of humanitarian convoys and distributed the little remaining fuel to hospitals, bakeries and shelters.\u00a0 While they represent \u201ca ray of light as humanity sinks into its darkest hour\u201d, he warned that they will soon be unable to operate, as they are running out of fuel, water, food and medicine.\u00a0 The handful of convoys being allowed through Rafah is \u201cnothing\u201d compared to the unprecedented needs of 2\u00a0million Gazans, half of whom are children.\u00a0 \u201cToday, Gazans feel that they are not treated as other civilians,\u201d he said, adding:\u00a0 \u201cMost of them feel trapped in a war they have nothing to do with. \u00a0They feel the world is equating all of them to Hamas.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cThis is dangerous,\u201d he stressed:\u00a0 \u201cAn entire population is being dehumanized.\u201d<\/p>\n The atrocities of Hamas do not absolve the State of Israel from its obligations under international humanitarian law.\u00a0 \u201cEvery war has rules, and this one is no exception,\u201d he said, underscoring that Gazans deserve empathy.\u00a0 Also sounding the alarm about another crisis unfolding in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, where Palestinian fatalities in\u00a02023 were the highest since the UN started to keep records in\u00a02005, he said, stating that, since 7\u00a0October, at least 115\u00a0Palestinians have been killed, including 33\u00a0children.\u00a0Warning of a potential spillover of the conflict, he emphasized the need for adherence to international law, stressing:\u00a0\u201cThis is not an option, it is an obligation.\u201d\u00a0 Underscoring the need for the unimpeded, substantial, continuous flow of humanitarian aid, including fuel, into the Gaza Strip, he stressed:\u00a0 \u201cFor this, we need an immediate humanitarian ceasefire.\u201d\u00a0UNRWA needs funds, without which it cannot pay salaries and deliver.\u00a0 Civilians must be protected, hostages released and a genuine humanitarian response facilitated. \u00a0\u201cAn immediate humanitarian ceasefire has become a matter of life and death for millions,\u201d he said, adding: \u00a0\u201cThe present and future of Palestinians and Israelis depend on it.\u201d<\/p>\n CATHERINE RUSSELL,\u00a0Executive Director of the United Nations Children\u2019s Fund<\/u>\u00a0(UNICEF), said she believed that \u201cthe true cost of this latest escalation will be measured in children\u2019s lives \u2014 those lost to the violence and those forever changed by it\u201d, as rampant grave violations are being committed against them.\u00a0 She noted that, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, more than 8,300\u00a0Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, including over 3,400\u00a0children, with over 6,300\u00a0children injured.\u00a0 This means that more than 420\u00a0children are being killed or injured in Gaza each day, she said, adding that it is \u201ca number which should shake each of us to our core\u201d.\u00a0 She also highlighted that in the occupied West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem, at least 37\u00a0children have reportedly been killed, while more than 30\u00a0Israeli children have reportedly been killed, and at least 20\u00a0remain hostage in the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n She drew attention to the impact on civilian infrastructure in Gaza, stating that the World Health Organization\u00a0(WHO) has said that 34\u00a0attacks have been reported against health-care facilities, including 21 hospitals.\u00a0 Twelve of Gaza\u2019s 35\u00a0hospitals, which are also being used as shelters for displaced people, can no longer function.\u00a0 At least 221\u00a0schools and more than 177,000\u00a0housing units have been damaged or destroyed.\u00a0 What little clean water remains in Gaza is quickly running out, leaving more than 2\u00a0million people in dire need, she said.\u00a0 She said that UNICEF estimates that 55\u00a0per\u00a0cent of the water supply infrastructure requires repair or rehabilitation.\u00a0 She added that only one desalination plant is operating, at just 5\u00a0per\u00a0cent capacity, while all six of Gaza\u2019s water-waste treatment plants are now non-operational due to the lack of fuel or power.\u00a0 \u201cThe lack of clean water and safe sanitation is on the verge of becoming a catastrophe.\u00a0Unless access is urgently restored, more civilians will fall ill or die from dehydration or waterborne diseases.\u201d<\/p>\n She said \u201cchildren in both Israel and the State of Palestine are experiencing terrible trauma \u2014 the consequences of which could last a lifetime\u201d.\u00a0 She is concerned about the extreme difficulty of getting humanitarian aid into Gaza and the dangers for her staff there.\u00a0 She called on the Council to immediately adopt a resolution that reminds parties of their obligations under international law, calls for a ceasefire, demands that parties allow for safe and unimpeded humanitarian access, and requires the immediate and safe release of all hostages.\u00a0 The Council should also prioritize what is now a worsening displacement crisis, with more than 1.4\u00a0million people in Gaza, the majority of whom are children, now displaced, she added.\u00a0 All parties must stop the violence and prevent any grave violations committed against children.\u00a0 She called on humanitarian access to be allowed through all crossings into the Gaza Strip.\u00a0 \u201cMeasures to cut electricity, food, water and fuel from entering Gaza from Israel must be immediately reversed, so that civilians can have access to the services they need to survive.\u201d\u00a0 On behalf of all the children caught in this nightmare, she said, the world must do better.<\/p>\n LISA DOUGHTEN,\u00a0Director of the Humanitarian Financing and Resource Mobilization Division, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs<\/u>, spoke on behalf of the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, who is currently on mission in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory.\u00a0She reported that, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, more than 8,000\u00a0people have been killed, with 66\u00a0per\u00a0cent said to be women and children.\u00a0 Tens of thousands more have been injured.\u00a0 \u201cPeople are becoming increasingly desperate, as they search for food, water and shelter amid the relentless bombing campaign that is wiping out whole families and entire neighbourhoods.\u201d\u00a0 People have resorted to breaking into UN warehouses in search of food and water, she added, highlighting that dehydration is an increasing concern, as is the possibility of the spread of disease due to unsafe water and the breakdown in sewage treatment services.<\/p>\n She further reported that more than 1.4\u00a0million people are internally displaced in Gaza, and hundreds and thousands are crammed into overcrowded shelters and hospitals.\u00a0While many have moved south in search of safety, \u201cnowhere is safe and we simply do not have enough essential supplies to provide for the survival of internally displaced people at this scale\u201d.\u00a0Describing a health-care system in tatters, she said patients lay on the floors and in corridors, while surgeons are operating without anesthesia.\u00a0 Out of an estimated 50,000\u00a0pregnant women, 5,500\u00a0are due to deliver within the next 30\u00a0days.\u00a0 Life hangs by a thread for the 1,000\u00a0patients dependent on dialysis and the 130\u00a0premature babies in incubators, as hospital back-up generators run on fumes.\u00a0 Voicing concern about allegations of military installations in the close vicinity of hospitals and Israel\u2019s request that hospitals be evacuated, she stressed:\u00a0\u201cThere is nowhere safe for patients to go, and for those on life support and babies in incubators, moving would almost certainly be a death sentence.\u201d<\/p>\n She welcomed the agreement that has allowed the UN to get some relief into Gaza via the Rafah border crossing.\u00a0Humanitarian supplies and relief must reach Gaza safely, reliably, without impediment and at the scale required, and fuel supplies must be replenished, she stressed.\u00a0 Underlining the need for more than one entry point into Gaza, she pointed out that Kerem Shalom, between Israel and Gaza, is the only crossing equipped to rapidly process a sufficiently large number of trucks.\u00a0She further reported that, in the West Bank, scores of civilians have been killed and incidents of settler violence have increased, causing hundreds of civilians to be displaced.\u00a0 The suspension of permits of some 150,000\u00a0to 175,000\u00a0Palestinians from the West Bank working in Israel and settlements is causing significant damage to the West Bank economy and Palestinian institutions, she added.<\/p>\n \u201cThe current situation may pale in comparison with what is to come,\u201d she warned, urging collective action to prevent the further escalation of the war and spillover into the wider region.\u00a0 She called on the parties to agree to pause the fighting on humanitarian grounds, to provide required calm and safety for hostages to be released, and for the UN to replenish supplies, relieve exhausted personnel and resume assistance throughout Gaza.\u00a0 However, with or without a pause in the fighting, all parties \u2014 on all sides \u2014 must respect international humanitarian law and thus allow relief in and take constant care to spare civilian objects and civilians, whether they move or stay.\u00a0 \u201cWe are relying on the responsibility of every Member State here and across the UN to use all their influence to ensure that the rules of war are respected and that as far as is possible, civilians are spared further suffering,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Statements<\/u><\/p>\n MAURO VIEIRA,\u00a0Minister for Foreign Affairs for Brazil<\/u>, and Security Council President for October, speaking in his national capacity, said that he was present before the 15-member organ, following the instructions of his country\u2019s President, Lula da Silva, \u201cwith a profound sense of urgency and dismay\u201d.\u00a0 Emphasizing the need to \u201calways bear in mind the human faces on both sides of the conflict\u201d tragically reignited by the terrorist actions of Hamas against Israel on 7\u00a0October, he called for all hostages to be immediately released and access to them by the Red Cross immediately granted.\u00a0 However, the current situation is \u201cdeeply appalling and indefensible by any humane standard and under international humanitarian law\u201d, he said, with an \u201calarming human catastrophe unfolding over our eyes\u201d.\u00a0Thousands of civilians, including an overwhelming and intolerable number of children, have been punished for crimes they have not committed.\u00a0 Pointing to the high death toll of the conflict over the past three weeks, claiming 8,000\u00a0civilian lives, including more than 3,000\u00a0children, he noted that 1,000\u00a0more children had been killed since his address before the Council last week.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the Council holds meetings without being able to take a fundamental decision:\u00a0 to end the human suffering on the ground, \u201crepeatedly and shamelessly\u201d failing, he said.\u00a0 Although it has met since 7\u00a0October to consider four draft resolutions, it has remained at an impasse due to internal disagreements, involving some permanent members.\u00a0 \u201cThe eyes of the world are staring at us and will not move away from our distressing inability to act,\u201d casting doubt on its very raison d\u2019\u00eatre, he emphasized, adding:\u00a0\u201cSomeone has even written that, in addition to civilians, this body lies beneath the rubbles in Gaza.\u201d\u00a0 The price of inaction is unacceptably high, he said, stressing:\u00a0 \u201cI want to put it bluntly:\u00a0 there cannot be rescuing of hostages and humanitarian aid under shells.\u201d\u00a0 Brazil and the 10\u00a0elected Council members call on the organ to act more decisively, he said, asking:\u00a0 \u201cHow many more lives will be lost until we finally move from rhetoric to action?\u201d<\/p>\n LANA ZAKI NUSSEIBEH (United Arab Emirates<\/u>) noted that 121\u00a0countries unambiguously called for a humanitarian truce in Gaza on 27\u00a0October, standing up for the self-evident truth that Palestinian life is deserving of the equal protection of the law.\u00a0 She highlighted that the number of Palestinian children killed in just three weeks exceeds the total number of children killed in conflicts in each of the last four years worldwide.\u00a0 \u201cThat should stain our moral conscience if nothing else does.\u201d\u00a0 This Council ignoring the express will of the majority of the world may be what breaks it.\u00a0 \u201cColleagues, we need a ceasefire now,\u201d she said.\u00a0 She called for aid at scale to reach Gaza now and the restoration of essential services there, like water and electricity.\u00a0 Regarding attacks on health care and UNRWA facilities, she highlighted that these sites are protected by international law, and any announcements that they need to be evacuated do not make it legal to target them.\u00a0 She noted that the occupied West Bank has not been spared violence during this period, with Israeli settlers displacing Palestinians, acts which the Government of Israel must stop.\u00a0 \u201cThe drums of war are beating,\u201d she said, adding that the Council does not serve Israel\u2019s security by enabling it to go on.\u00a0 \u201cWhat we and 121\u00a0countries are advocating for may be the harder road, but history warns us of the consequences of not taking it.\u201d<\/p>\n ZHANG JUN (China<\/u>) voiced deep sympathy for the people of Gaza who are struggling on the brink of life and death and concern about the Middle East peace process on the brink of collapse.\u00a0 He called on the parties to the conflict to cease all hostilities, set in place a humanitarian truce and make every effort to prevent the situation from escalating further.\u00a0 He also called on Israel to respect its obligations under international humanitarian law, lift its siege over Gaza, immediately rescind its evacuation order and restore the supply of basic necessities to prevent an even larger humanitarian disaster.\u00a0 He urged intensified diplomatic efforts to facilitate the immediate release of hostages and to work on that basis to seek to\u00a0open up<\/a>\u00a0space for dialogue to return to the track of a political settlement.\u00a0Further, he called on parties that have a \u201cspecial power\u201d on parties to the conflict to put aside their self-interest and geopolitical considerations and make every effort to stop the war and restore peace.<\/p>\n LINDA THOMAS-GREENFIELD (United States<\/u>), stating that \u201ca civilian is a civilian is a civilian\u201d, emphasized that all journalists, humanitarian workers and civilians must be protected.\u00a0Three weeks after Hamas killed 1,400\u00a0innocent civilians in Israel and took 200\u00a0others hostage, the humanitarian crisis grows by the day.\u00a0 She called for the unconditional release of hostages, for humanitarian needs to be addressed, for Israel\u2019s right to defend itself from terrorism to be affirmed and for all actors to be reminded to respect international law.\u00a0 Hamas must not use Palestinians as human shields, and Israel must take all possible precautions to avoid harming civilians.\u00a0She condemned the uptick in violence against Palestinians in the West Bank since last week, and urged Israel to prevent such attacks, in concert with the Palestinian Authority.\u00a0 She also echoed concerns about recent telecommunications shutdowns in Gaza, which imperil the lives of civilians, UN staff and humanitarian personnel.\u00a0 Warning that \u201clives hang in the balance\u201d, she called on all Members to \u201cstep up\u201d.\u00a0 The United States is the single largest donor to UNRWA, to which it has given $1\u00a0billion since\u00a02021, she said, adding that an additional $100\u00a0million has been provided in humanitarian assistance to Gaza and the West Bank.\u00a0 The flow of food, fuel, water and medicine must be restored, she said, citing United States President Joseph R. Biden\u2019s call for humanitarian pauses in the fighting to allow hostages to get out, humanitarian aid to be distributed, and to allow safe passage for civilians to get to safer locations.\u00a0 Recalling that action had been blocked on a text her delegation put forth last week, she deplored the \u201cgrossly one-sided resolution\u201d adopted by the General Assembly, adding that it was \u201cunconscionable\u201d that the text did not condemn Hamas.\u00a0 Her country will continue to engage Member States committed to adopting a strong and balanced resolution, advancing progress towards a future with two democratic States, Israel and Palestine living side by side, which is \u201cnot the future Hamas wants to see\u201d.<\/p>\n HERN\u00c1N P\u00c9REZ LOOSE (Ecuador<\/u>) noted the desperate and threatening situation for Gazans and that there is insufficient aid reaching them.\u00a0This is aggregated by telecommunications outages, he said.\u00a0 He hoped that a system will be established that will supply the civilian population sufficiently and continuously.\u00a0 He recognized the right of countries to protect their civilians, but said that must be in accordance with international law.\u00a0 He called for the avoidance of a spillover of violence, particularly in the occupied West Bank and on the border between Lebanon and Israel.\u00a0 He called for responsible and common-sense actions, otherwise, he said, \u201cdeath, more pain, and more suffering will be all that await\u201d.\u00a0 He urged the Council to speak out in the face of the explosion of violence and adopt a majority decision.\u00a0 He highlighted that the UN was born to defend the dignity and value of the human person and to provide a better world for everyone.<\/p>\n PASCALE CHRISTINE BAERISWYL (Switzerland<\/u>) said the application of international humanitarian law and human rights, in particular the protection of civilians, is \u2014 and must remain \u2014 a priority for this Council.\u00a0 \u201cWe must exert our influence on the parties to the conflict to ensure that international humanitarian law is respected, to halt the current spiral of violence and prevent it from spreading throughout the region,\u201d she stressed.\u00a0 Within this Council and at the General Assembly, Switzerland has been actively working for the introduction of measures \u2014 such as humanitarian pauses or truces \u2014 to guarantee access for aid, she said.\u00a0 Such measures, accompanied by security guarantees, are necessary to enable the personnel of impartial humanitarian organizations to work effectively to respond to the needs of the population and to alleviate the worsening sanitary crisis in Gaza, she added, noting that this is even more necessary in the light of the intensification of hostilities in recent days.<\/p>\n MICHEL XAVIER BIANG (Gabon<\/u>), voicing \u201cshock to the core\u201d at the briefings, said the intensification of Israeli air strikes, along with ground operations, dramatically increases the huge death toll, in the wake of the heinous attack by Hamas.\u00a0 In that context, paralysis of the Council is inconceivable.\u00a0 Firmly condemning all indiscriminate violence, he stressed that civilian populations must neither be currency, human shields, nor the target of collective punishment.\u00a0 He called for all hostages to be released unconditionally, and Israel\u2019s right to self-defence to be exercised in accordance with international law humanitarian and principles of proportionality and precaution.\u00a0 The Council must transcend geopolitical bonds, rivalries and sterility to demand an immediate end to hostilities and unhindered access of humanitarian aid to those trapped in the ruins of Gaza.\u00a0 Hailing efforts to restore calm by regional countries, he stressed:\u00a0 \u201cWe must avoid a conflagration which would stand as a point of no return and lead us into chaos.\u201d<\/p>\n VANESSA FRAZIER (Malta<\/u>) conveyed condolences for the tragic loss of UNRWA staff in these past weeks and said that her country is gravely concerned by the desperate situation in Gaza.\u00a0\u201cSuch military operations will undoubtedly have a devastating impact on the more than 2\u00a0million civilians trapped in the enclave,\u201d she said, adding that Hamas\u2019 continuous rocket barrage into the Israeli territory is completely unacceptable.\u00a0 \u201cWe unequivocally reject and condemn these barbaric attacks, including the 7\u00a0October attack and the taking of hostages,\u201d she stressed.\u00a0 \u201cWe are utterly devastated to note the effects the conflict is having on Palestinian and Israeli children,\u201d she said, underscoring that the killing and maiming of children, attacks on schools, hospitals, places of worship and denial of children\u2019s access to humanitarian assistance are all grave violations.\u00a0 She also said that any lasting and sustainable plan for peace in the Middle East must be based on a two-State solution.<\/p>\n NICOLAS DE RIVI\u00c8RE (France<\/u>) warned that the terrorist attacks by Hamas and other groups against Israel on 7\u00a0October have triggered an unprecedented crisis.\u00a0 Calling for a humanitarian truce which could lead to a ceasefire, he affirmed that civilians who wish to leave Gaza must be able to do so.\u00a0 He stated that Israel has the right to defend itself and the duty to do so in compliance with international humanitarian law.\u00a0 France voted in favour of the resolution presented by Jordan, he recalled, noting that Hamas in no way represents the Palestinians, having \u201cnothing but contempt for their suffering\u201d, and demanding that the hostages be released immediately and unconditionally.\u00a0 He further condemned the violence perpetrated by settlers against the Palestinian population, which is increasing in the West Bank.\u00a0 The war was a reminder \u2014 if needed \u2014 that the world can no longer ignore the legitimate aspiration of Palestinians and Israelis to live in peace and security.<\/p>\n FERIT HOXHA (Albania<\/u>), condemning the inhuman acts perpetrated by Hamas on 7\u00a0October, noted the \u201ccompeting urgencies\u201d of Israel in responding to terror in its exercise to the right to self-defence and in conducting warfare prudently in a densely populated area, in compliance with international law.\u00a0 He voiced regret over every life lost, without distinction.\u00a0The hostages must be brought home, and unhindered humanitarian access must be urgently provided.\u00a0 While wars are sometimes unavoidable and always brutal, \u201ceven wars have laws, and they must be respected\u201d, he said, stressing that there must be a way to ensure the security of Israel and of all Palestinians who do not want war.\u00a0 He underscored the need for action on the ground and in the Council.\u00a0 As well, a spillover of the conflict in the region must be resisted, he said, pointing to Hizbullah \u201cplaying with fire\u201d, through an uptick in attacks from the north.\u00a0 Albania condemns the extremist settler violence in the West Bank, and calls for accountability, as well as a revival of the political process.<\/p>\n PEDRO COMISS\u00c1RIO AFONSO (Mozambique<\/u>) reiterated the need for an immediate and unconditional humanitarian ceasefire to ease the suffering of millions of Israelis and Palestinians.\u00a0\u201cWe should remind ourselves that the laws of war have established clear rules to protect human lives, human dignity and respect humanitarian needs,\u201d he said.\u00a0 \u201cWe have condemned the attacks of Hamas on 7\u00a0October against Israeli children, women and men.\u00a0 We strongly condemn the attacks against the civilian populations, in particular children, women, the elderly and the UN humanitarian staff,\u201d he stressed.\u00a0 The United Nations awaits actions and leadership from the Council and he appealed to the members of the Council to fulfil their functions to change the course of action in the Gaza Strip.\u00a0 \u201cWe firmly believe that the parties can work together, through a constructive dialogue, for a lasting peace, in full compliance with the principles of the two-State solution, based on the Security Council and General Assembly resolutions and decisions,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n VASSILY A. NEBENZIA (Russian Federation<\/u>) said that, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory \u2014 the West Bank and Gaza \u2014 a humanitarian catastrophe of biblical proportions is unfolding.\u00a0 He said Israel\u2019s leadership, ignoring the General Assembly resolution, began a ground military operation in the Gaza Strip in a plan to clear the enclave.\u00a0 He noted comments by Israel\u2019s Foreign Ministry that Israel rejects outright the UN\u2019s despicable call for a ceasefire, and he was shocked by statements by Knesset representatives that the children in Gaza brought this upon themselves.\u00a0 He said that, due to the United States position, the Council has not been able to adopt a resolution.\u00a0 \u201cWashington and West Jerusalem have entirely other plans \u2014 to wipe out the population of Gaza or to force them out of the Gaza Strip to force the remaining Palestinian population to assimilate into Israel so as to solve the Palestinian problem that way.\u201d\u00a0 The priority must be to stop the bloodshed, to minimize harm to civilians, and move the situation into a political-diplomatic sphere \u2014 meaning efforts to relaunch a full-fledged negotiation process between Israelis and Palestinians to endorse the two-State solution.\u00a0 He said the Russian Federation has sent a clear signal to all parties involved to immediately end fighting and provide humanitarian corridors.\u00a0 He also blamed Ukraine for stoking recent unrest in Dagestan.<\/p>\n BARBARA WOODWARD (United Kingdom<\/u>), offering condolences to all Palestinians and Israelis who have suffered, said that, since Hamas\u2019 terrorist attack against Israel, her country has underscored Israel\u2019s right to self-defence against terrorism.\u00a0 \u201cWe continue to be clear that this must be done in accordance with international humanitarian law,\u201d she stressed, adding that the situation in Gaza deteriorates daily and Hamas bears sole responsibility for starting this conflict.\u00a0 \u201cWe must urgently cooperate to scale up aid into Gaza and to ensure sufficient access points are open,\u201d she said, spotlighting over $36\u00a0million in additional aid to the occupied Palestinian territories committed by her country since the latest escalation in Gaza.\u00a0 \u201cWe cannot allow this conflict to spread,\u201d she emphasized, calling on all countries in the region to help avoid escalation and warning non-State actors not to exploit the current situation.\u00a0 Stressing that the Palestinian Authority has a key role as the legitimate representative of the Palestinian people, she called on Israel and other States to support it.<\/p>\n ISHIKANE KIMIHIRO (Japan<\/u>) expressed unequivocal condemnation of the terror attacks committed by Hamas and other militants and extended condolences to all victims.\u00a0 \u201cHamas does not speak for the Palestinian people; every Member State has the right to defend itself and its people in accordance with international law,\u201d he said, adding that all parties must act based on international law.\u00a0 \u201cFull, rapid, safe and unhindered humanitarian access consistent with international humanitarian law must be allowed in order to alleviate the devastating humanitarian situation,\u201d he stressed, spotlighting that, while several trucks have crossed through the Rafah crossing, hundreds more must follow suit to meet the dire needs of over 2\u00a0million people.\u00a0 He also expressed profound concern regarding the disconnection of telecommunications networks, which disrupts vital communication channels between those in Gaza and the rest of the world and also impedes the work of media and humanitarian communities.<\/p>\n HAROLD ADLAI AGYEMAN (Ghana<\/u>), calling for the delivery of critical care and support services to the nearly 672,000\u00a0internally displaced persons sheltering in 149\u00a0UNRWA facilities as well as the many other innocent civilians, appealed to Israel, Egypt and other stakeholders to work constructively towards enhanced humanitarian access through the Rafah border crossing and to all donors to step up financial and material contributions to UNRWA.\u00a0 \u201cWe must also use the weight of the Assembly\u2019s decision to strenuously encourage the efforts of leaders in the region, especially Qatar, as well as ICRC [International Committee of the Red Cross], that have been at the forefront of negotiations to secure the release of all Israeli and foreign hostages,\u201d he said, encouraging regional and international leaders to act as moderating influence on the parties to help de-escalate the conflict and prevent its further spread in the region.\u00a0 Reminding the Palestinian and Israeli people of their interwoven history and shared geography, he underscored that violence cannot be a tool for the resolution of the conflict.<\/p>\n ROBERT A. WOOD (United States<\/u>), taking the floor a second time to respond to comments by the Russian Federation\u2019s representative, took issue with repeated blame attributed directly and indirectly on the United States for the ongoing crisis, which he called \u201cirresponsible and false\u201d.\u00a0 No other State has worked harder to resolve the situation, he stressed. \u00a0Moscow \u201cfrankly has no credibility\u201d, he said, adding that its prevarication knows no bounds. \u00a0\u201cIt doesn\u2019t care about solving crises; it creates them,\u201d he stressed, pointing to the situation in Ukraine.\u00a0 On comments made regarding his country\u2019s actions in Syria, he said that it was responding to attacks against United States personnel, in line with Article\u00a051 of the Charter of the United Nations, a document whose heart the Russia Federation is driving a stake through, by its actions in Ukraine.<\/p>\n Mr. NEBENZIA (Russian Federation<\/u>), replying to the representative of the United States, noted that he had not heard a response to the question that he put to him.\u00a0 He said he would ask him a rhetorical question, that does not require an answer, being: \u00a0how many times during the present crisis has the United States initiated a meeting on the humanitarian situation in Gaza?<\/p>\n RIAD AL-MALKI,\u00a0Minister for Foreign Affairs of the State of Palestine<\/u>, said that Gaza is now hell on Earth and saving humanity from hell today means for the United Nations to save Palestinians in Gaza.\u00a0 \u201cThey are besieged and bombed, with nowhere safe to go,\u201d he said, adding that half of the homes in Gaza have been destroyed or damaged. \u00a0\u201cA leaked document prepared by the Israeli intelligence ministry confirms that, in fact, relocating Palestinians from Gaza to tent cities in Sinai is not a threat we imagined, but a reality Israel is trying to impose,\u201d he said, underscoring that over 8,000\u00a0Palestinians have been killed, including over 3,000\u00a0in the south of Gaza, where Israel has pushed hundreds of thousands of people.\u00a0\u201cThree-thousand five hundred Palestinian children have been killed by Israel in just three weeks, more than the annual number of children killed across the world\u2019s conflict zones combined since\u00a02019,\u201d he emphasized, also calling to stop the killings in the West Bank by settlers and occupation forces.<\/p>\n GILAD ERDAN (Israel<\/u>) said: \u00a0\u201cHamas are modern-day Nazis, from their appalling inhumane violence to identical genocidal ideologies.\u201d\u00a0 The leadership role in Hamas is held by the Ayatollah regime whose death squads include Hamas, Palestinian Islamic jihad, Hizbullah, the Houthis and other savage jihadists. \u00a0The Ayatollah regime sows death and destruction, he said, noting that the residents of Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen and Syria are enduring bloodshed and terror at the hands of Iran\u2019s jihadist Nazi forces. \u00a0Ukrainian civilians are being murdered with Iranian Nazi weaponry, he added, noting that the Houthi Iranian proxy attacked Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, while Albania was struck by unprovoked Iranian cyberattacks. \u00a0\u201cThe Islamic Nazi regime of Iran is responsible for aiding terrorists around the globe,\u201d he stressed. \u00a0Yet, like during the rise of Nazism, today the world is deafeningly silent.<\/p>\n Over 250,000 innocent Israeli civilians have been displaced since the war began and millions are living everyday under threat of constant indiscriminate rocket at the hands of Hamas, Hizbullah and other jihadists. \u00a0His delegation will wear yellow stars until the Council condemns Hamas\u2019 atrocities and demands the immediate release of Israeli hostages, he said. \u00a0Stressing that \u201cour enemies have become emboldened\u201d and \u201canti-Semites have been empowered\u201d, he asked: \u00a0\u201cWhy are the humanitarian needs of Gazans the sole issue you are all focused on?\u201d \u00a0Hamas is preventing Gazans from leaving an active war zone by heading south and holding roughly half a million litres of fuel.\u00a0 Meanwhile, Israel has approved dozens of daily trucks of humanitarian supplies. \u00a0\u201cHamas is the root cause of the situation in Gaza,\u201d he said, and calling for an immediate ceasefire is ultimately asking to tie Israel\u2019s hand and to keep Hamas\u2019 rule in Gaza. \u00a0Israel\u2019s operation in Gaza is an act of self-defence to ensure its future.<\/p>\n MAHMOUD DAIFALLAH HMOUD (Jordan<\/u>), speaking on behalf of the\u00a0Arab Group<\/u>, said he was addressing the Council after the General Assembly voted to adopt a resolution co-sponsored by his country on Israel\u2019s illegal actions in East Jerusalem and the Occupied Palestinian Territory. \u00a0The adoption of the resolution sent a clear message: \u00a0that the international community stood with justice, the protection of innocent civilians, for adherence to legal obligations, and an immediate stop to the war in Gaza, and an end to war crimes, he said, adding: \u00a0\u201cIf it was biased to anything, it was to justice and humanity.\u201d\u00a0 He recalled its elements, including the call for an immediate humanitarian truce leading to a cessation of hostilities; for all parties to comply with international humanitarian law; for the provision of humanitarian assistance; for an end to attempts at forced transfer of populations; and for the immediate release of civilians illegally held captive.<\/p>\n The Arab Group calls on the international community to apply pressure on Israel to stop stalling the entry of adequate assistance, he continued, noting that only 85\u00a0trucks were permitted past Rafah crossing since the start of the conflict, compared to 500\u00a0trucks that previously plied across it every day. \u00a0Despite obstacles posed by Israel, Egypt has spared no effort in working towards the movement of aid, he said. \u00a0Turning to the risk of regional spillover, he called for an end to Israel\u2019s aggression in Syria and the border of Lebanon, noting that the latter had displaced 30,000\u00a0people and killed another 50.\u00a0 Voicing concern that the new phase of the war in Gaza was escalating the numbers of Palestinians killed, with many more beneath the rubble, he warned that the Council\u2019s \u201cdeafening\u201d silence had emboldened it to carry out such actions with impunity.\u00a0 \u201cIsn\u2019t it time for the human conscience to wake up to the carnage in Gaza? \u00a0Isn\u2019t it time for the Council to shoulder its responsibility and heed Gazans\u2019 cries for help, as their houses and places of worship tumble on their heads and they have no safe shelter from Israel\u2019s bombardment?\u201d<\/p>\n Speaking in his national capacity, he stated that, while many occupying countries have committed atrocities, he had \u201cnever ever heard an occupying State claim to be the victim as Israel is doing now\u201d.Mr. ZHANG (China<\/u>), responding to the representative of the United States, said he accused Beijing of\u00a0vetoing the draft resolution put forward by Washington, D.C.\u00a0 He said that the accusation was the most unreasonable thing he had heard today.\u00a0 The United States wants China to be responsible for what is going on.\u00a0 \u201cWe are not to blame for this.\u201d\u00a0 He added that the representative of the United States should know very well how the situation of the Middle East evolved, the United States\u2019 role in it and that Washington, D.C., has vetoed the draft resolutions of the Council on Palestine and Israel \u2014 this has led to the difficulty of the organ in playing a constructive and responsible role on this issue, and it being hard for it to do anything about implementing the two-State solution.\u00a0 Washington, D.C., should also be very clear that China, with many other countries, opposed the United States\u2019 resolution it hastily put forward after hastily vetoing the one by Brazil. \u00a0But, the United States\u2019 resolution totally disregarded the strong call by most of the world for a ceasefire, he noted.\u00a0 It attempted to take the Palestinian-Israeli conflict to another narrative, another path, he said.\u00a0 This behaviour will give a green light to the escalation of the situation there.\u00a0 He said his country has all the reasons to oppose such a draft resolution and its position is based on facts, law, conscience, justice and the strong call of the entire world, especially the Arab countries. \u00a0He highlighted that the General Assembly resolution sent a clear and unequivocal message for a truce, showing that his country\u2019s position is entirely correct. \u00a0He hoped the United States would adopt a responsible attitude and work with Council members on the most pressing issues: \u00a0the ceasefire, protection of civilians, humanitarian aid and the prevention of further humanitarian catastrophe.<\/p>\n Mr. WOOD (United States<\/u>), taking the floor again, recalled that as the record shows, on Wednesday, 25\u00a0October, China\u2019s delegation cast a \u201cno\u201d vote on the resolution put forward by his delegation. \u00a0\u201cThat is a fact,\u201d he affirmed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 9462ND MEETING (PM), SC\/15473 30 OCTOBER 2023 Civilians in Gaza must not be the target of collective punishment, speakers told the Security Council today, as calls for a ceasefire gained greater urgency amid the intensification of Israel\u2019s lethal military offensive into the besieged enclave, following the 7\u00a0October attacks by the armed group Hamas against 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