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Palestine, Sudan & other topics - Daily Press Briefing (9 April 2025) | United Nations

Noon Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. Highlights: Occupied Palestinian Territory UN Relief and Works Agency Sudan South Sudan Democratic Republic of the Congo Myanmar Dominican Republic Haiti Security Council Office For Project Services Noon Briefing Guest/Tomorrow Financial Contributions OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports that hostilities across the Strip continue to exact a devastating toll on civilians, causing further death, further displacement and further destruction of critical infrastructure. Thousands of families are on the move yet again, fleeing bombardment, shelling and repeated displacement orders issued by the Israeli military. But as we have warned repeatedly, there is no safe place in Gaza.  OCHA stresses that civilians must be protected, whether they stay, whether they leave. Those fleeing fighting must be allowed to do so safely, and they must be allowed to voluntarily return when the situation allows. OCHA reports that humanitarian operations remain severely constrained. That is due to the expansion of military operations, as well as the ongoing blockade of humanitarian aid and commercial goods, which has lasted now for five weeks. There have also been deadly attacks on aid workers and humanitarian facilities.  Meanwhile, just since yesterday, the Israeli authorities have denied eight of 14 attempts by UN aid workers to coordinate access to people needing urgent assistance. Overall, since the intensification of the hostilities on 18 March, the authorities denied 68 per cent of the UN’s 170 attempts to coordinate access to reach people across the Gaza Strip and assist them with humanitarian assistance.  They also continue to reject all attempts to pick up supplies that were brought into Gaza and dropped at the crossings prior to the decision to shut those crossings on 2 March.  OCHA underscores that these denials prevent us from carrying out critical and life-saving missions. Despite the increasingly challenging conditions, our partners report today that they have resumed services in northern Gaza, focusing on urgent case management, psychological first aid, and psychosocial support for traumatized communities.  UNRWA’s protection monitoring teams have identified severe protection risks in shelters hosting displaced people in northern Gaza, including extreme overcrowding, and acute shortages of food, water and hygiene supplies.  Physical hazards such as rubble, debris and broken glass were observed in 75 per cent of the shelters that were surveyed – posing further risks to displaced families, especially for children and older people. UN RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY The head of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, said that yesterday, Israeli officials from the Jerusalem Municipality, accompanied by Israeli Security Forces, forcibly entered six UNRWA schools in East Jerusalem. They gave closure orders for the schools, effective in 30 days. Mr. Lazzarini said that some 800 boys and girls are directly impacted by these closure orders and are likely to miss finishing their school year. He noted that UNRWA schools are protected by the privileges and immunities of the United Nations. These illegal closure orders come in the wake of Knesset legislation seeking to curtail UNRWA operations. Mr. Lazzarini said that UNRWA is committed to stay and deliver education and other basic services for Palestine Refugees in the West Bank, including in East Jerusalem, and that is in accordance with the General Assembly resolution founding UNRWA. Full Highlights: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/noon...