The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported receiving further reports of airstrikes, artillery shelling, and naval gunfire in Gaza over the past 24 hours, including attacks on residential areas. These actions endanger civilians and exacerbate their already dire suffering over the past 28 months.
OCHA emphasized that civilians are protected under international humanitarian law wherever they are, whether they are across or near military demarcation lines. It stressed that civilians and civilian infrastructure must always be protected during military operations, with constant care taken to ensure their safety.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said it had received more reports of air strikes, artillery shelling and shooting by the Navy during the past 24 hours in Gaza, which included raids on residential areas, endangering civilians and increasing Their severe suffering over the past 28 months. The office stressed that civilians are protected under international humanitarian law wherever they are, whether or near the military demarcation lines, and that civilians and civilian infrastructure should always be protected during military operations, with constant caution to protect them. UN spokesman Staffan Dujarric reported that the UNRWA has reopened the agency’s health center in Deir al-Balah, resuming the provision of basic health services months after its closure. The center provides primary health care services, immunizations, maternal health services, chronic disease management, laboratory tests, and dental oral health services. Dujarric cautioned that “thousands of patients are still deprived of treatment and recovery opportunities, due to the lack of some vital services in the Gaza Strip.”
