Everyone in northern Gaza at ‘imminent risk’ of death, UN warns – National

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Everyone in northern Gaza at ‘imminent risk’ of ******, UN warns – National

The situation in the northern Gaza Strip is “apocalyptic” as ******* pursues a military offensive against ****** militants in the area, top ******* Nations officials warned on Friday.

“The entire ************ population in North Gaza is at imminent risk of dying from ********, famine and *********,” they said in a statement signed by the acting U.N. aid chief Joyce Msuya, heads of U.N. agencies, including U.N. children’s agency UNICEF and the World Food Programme, and other aid groups.

******* began a wide military push in northern Gaza last month. The ******* States has said it was watching to ensure that its ally’s actions on the ground show it does not have a “policy of starvation” in the north.

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Northern Gaza ‘rapidly exhausting’ means to survive: UN

“Humanitarian aid cannot keep up with the scale of the needs due to the access constraints. Basic, life-saving goods are not available. Humanitarians are not safe to do their work and are blocked by ******** forces and by insecurity from reaching people in need,” they said.

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They urged all parties fighting in Gaza to protect civilians and called on ******* to “ceases its ******** on Gaza and on the humanitarians trying to help.”

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*******’s U.N. mission in New York declined comment on the statement. *******’s U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon last month told the Security Council that the issue in Gaza was not a lack of aid, saying more than a million tons had been delivered during the past year. He accused ****** of ********** the assistance.

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On Monday, the ************ Civil Emergency Service said around 100,000 people were marooned in Jabalia, Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza without medical or food supplies. Reuters could not verify the number independently.

USAID Administrator Samantha Power spoke with *******’s ambassador to the ******* States Michael Herzog on Friday as a deadline imposed by Washington looms for ******* to improve the situation or face potential restrictions on U.S. military aid.

Power and Herzog “discussed the need to get more aid to the ************ people,” said USAID spokesperson Benjamin Suarato, adding: “Administrator Power raised serious concern on the humanitarian conditions in northern Gaza.”

The ******* States told ******* in a letter on Oct. 13 that it must take steps within 30 days.

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—Reporting by Michelle Nichols; Editing by Alistair Bell

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