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1. 'What happened and continues to happen is forced displacement': UNRWA chief

Lazzarini tells the Security Council that Israel’s “relentless bombardment” of Gaza has led to an “unprecedented” level of destruction.

“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