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Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.

Donkees
(33,266 posts)Now, civilians remaining in the north are receiving evacuation notices from the Israeli forces, urging them south to receive scarce humanitarian assistance. But many, including pregnant women, people with disabilities, the sick and the wounded, are unable to move, he said.
What happened and continues to happen is forced displacement.
Lazzarini added that hundreds of thousands of forcibly displaced Palestinians in Gaza are living in appalling conditions, with limited food and water.
Hunger and despair are turning into anger against the international community and in Gaza, the international community is better known as UNRWA.
-- aljazeera
Donkees
(33,266 posts)Some 9,000 cancer patients are not receiving adequate care, she told the Security Council, expressing concern over the Israeli militarys warnings to evacuate health care facilities in the besieged enclave.
There is nowhere safe for these patients to go, and for those on life-support and babies on incubators, moving will certainly be a death sentence.
- aljazeera
Donkees
(33,266 posts)We estimate that 55% of the water supply infrastructure requires repair or rehabilitation. Only one desalination plant is operating at just 5% capacity, while all six of Gazas water-waste treatment plants are now non-operational due to a lack of fuel or power. She said her agency was doing its best to reach all children in need, but that the delivery of humanitarian aid is now extremely challenging.
Some of her staff have lost close family members, including spouses and children, she said. She added that she was also grieving with the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa), who have said that 63 of their staff have been killed in Gaza since 7 October.
The situation grows worse by the hour, and without an urgent end to the hostilities, I am deeply afraid for the fate of the regions children.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/oct/30/israel-hamas-war-live-updates-aid-trucks-enter-gaza-strikes-casualties-israel-targets-hit-syria-lebanon#top-of-blog
LeftInTX
(34,006 posts)Donkees
(33,266 posts)Gabriel Elizondo
Reporting from the United Nations in New York
This emergency meeting of the UN Security Council (today), called by the United Arab Emirates, is expected to happen at about 3pm local time (19:00 GMT).
The UNSC is expected to be briefed by top UN officials in the region from the UNRWA in Gaza, as well the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
We are hearing that Malta and the UAE are working on another draft resolution behind the scenes for the UNSC. Already four drafts have been voted down, or vetoed since this conflict began.
But were hearing that the 10 elected members of the UNSC are working on another draft resolution urgently, given the escalation and trying to get that to a point where perhaps it could come to a vote in the next day or two.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/10/30/israel-hamas-war-live-palestinian-death-toll-gaza-rises-above-8000
LeftInTX
(34,006 posts)Hope there are better options.