A U.N. spokesman said such a movement would turn “what is already a tragedy into a calamitous situation.”

Israel’s military has informed the United Nations that the entire population of northern Gaza should relocate to the southern half of the territory within 24 hours, the U.N. spokesman, Stéphane Dujarric, said late on Thursday night, adding that such a movement — involving over one million people — would lead to “devastating humanitarian consequences.”

“The same order applied to all U.N. staff and those sheltered in U.N. facilities — including schools, health centers and clinics,” Mr. Dujarric said.

The U.N. was told that the marker dividing the north from south was Wadi Gaza, the statement said.

The U.N. Security Council is scheduled to hold an emergency meeting on Friday afternoon in a closed consultation format

  • SupraMario@lemmy.worldEnglish
    813·
    1 year ago

    This doesn’t make any damn sense. No one elected the proudboys to run the entire gov. The Palestinians did with Hamas. You’re acting like it’s a small group, when it’s not. A majority of Palestinians elected Hamas to represent them, and they support it.

    Now you can have the debate of is Israel the cause and is this response equal or if this was all a setup to start the war, but don’t act like Hamas is a minority and the people don’t support them.

    • fed0sine@lemm.eeEnglish
      91·
      1 year ago

      If I understand correctly, Hamas won their majority of parliamentary seats of Gaza’s government despite only having 1/3rd of the population casting votes for them.

      Source: this YouTube video by Task & Purpose (just found this channel and this video covering the conflict over the last few days seems remarkably unemotional and mostly unbiased.)

      https://youtu.be/lbSFJaFuWU0?si=ITFEngYEbsySW1nm&t=28m43s