A heightened humanitarian crisis engulfs the world as Gaza faces widespread breaches in safety. Certain areas within besieged Gaza lack shelters and critical facilities crucial for survival. Humanitarian aid workers cannot reach those in dire need within Gaza’s confines. It falls upon the international community to shoulder responsibility and avert the escalation of this crisis.
UN Security Council Must InterfereÂ
The UN Secretary-General has invoked Article 99 for the first time during his tenure since 2017. This significant constitutional move is aimed at intensifying pressure on both the Security Council and the international community, with hopes of securing a ceasefire in Gaza. Guterres is urging the Security Council to take immediate action to prevent a looming humanitarian catastrophe in the besieged Gaza.
Humanitarian Relief Is CollapsingÂ
With escalating warfare in recent days, concerns mount over the imminent breakdown of humanitarian aid distribution in Gaza. Employing an uncommon recourse under the UN Charter, Guterres has urged a unified international effort to push for a comprehensive humanitarian ceasefire in the region. Unfortunately, Israeli forces are engaged in door-to-door combat, exacerbating an already dire situation that carries irreparable consequences for the Palestinian populace.
Tens of Thousands Have Lost Their LivesÂ
Two months after the beginning of Operation Al-Aqsa Storm on October 7, more than 7,000 Palestinian children have been killed by Israelis. Over 17,000 Palestinians have been killed in total, while more than 46,000 others are wounded. Meanwhile, Israeli forces have bombarded hospitals, schools, UN-affiliated buildings, and buildings belonging to civilians in the besieged Gaza. Besides, Israeli forces detain Palestinian civilians, including women and children, as they savagely raid villages and camps.
The World Must Oppose Further Aggressions in GazaÂ
The massive death toll in Gaza is the result of Israeli aggressions from north to south of the besieged Gaza. The international community has a responsibility to use all its influence to prevent more fatalities in the Gaza Strip. More violence across Gaza would result in more devastation in addition to more human casualties. The international community must hold accountable all perpetrators of violence and should bring them to justice.
Human Disaster in the Besieged GazaÂ
The continuous raids on healthcare facilities, which surpass 200Â attacks, are described as unprecedented. Gaza’s health system is in a severe crisis, and the spread of diseases could have worse consequences than air strikes. There are no more secure areas for the Palestinians to escape. Thousands of families are in the streets, sheltering themselves under random things such as pieces of nylon and wood. An actual humanitarian ceasefire could allow sincere efforts to deliver humanitarian aid to civilians and hospitals in Gaza.
Safety for Civilians Is Not Reachable
The second phase of the devastating war in Gaza has begun as the previously “safe zone” of Khan Younis is under intense Israeli attacks. Israeli forces launched offensives in the southern parts of the besieged Gaza amid no safe place for the civilians to escape. Injured people already saturated the overwhelmed semi-functional hospitals. They have no capacity or capability to receive more people. The international community has this obligation to prevent the ongoing atrocity crimes by Israelis.
World Must Stop Human DisasterÂ
The slaughter of unarmed individuals in Gaza constitutes genocide, yet Israel persists in targeting civilians. Over the past two months, over a million individuals have been displaced from northern Gaza, and Israeli forces have expanded their operations into the southern regions, depriving the 2.2 million Gazans of any semblance of shelter. The humanitarian plight is catastrophic, and the international community must not disregard the humanitarian crisis unfolding in besieged Gaza.
