Archive for December 13th, 2024

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13/12/2024

Syria: UN Chief Calls for Urgent De-Escalation by Israeli Forces, Withdrawal from Golan Buffer Zone

Human Wrongs Watch

(UN News)* — The UN Secretary-General has expressed concern over the hundreds of Israeli airstrikes against targets in Syria since the overthrow of the Assad regime, calling for the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the demilitarized zone in the strategically important Golan.

© UNOCHA/Ali Haj Suleiman | A first responder rushes through the aftermath of shelling that targeted hospitals and displaced camps in Idleb, Syria.

In a note to correspondents issued on Thursday [], António Guterres said he was “deeply concerned by the recent and extensive violations of Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.”

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13/12/2024

Gaza: ‘Devastation Is Absolutely Staggering’

Human Wrongs Watch

(UN News)* — Describing the level of devastation across the Gaza Strip as “absolutely staggering”, the Head of Emergency Communications for the World Food Programme (WFP) has told UN News in an interview that civilians are desperate for lifesaving aid and there’s a growing risk of widespread famine.

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© WFP/Jonathan Dumont | People walk on destroyed buildings in Gaza.

Speaking from Gaza, Jonathan Dumont said many people have been displaced multiple times, and that families are living either in tents or in the rubble of collapsed buildings, with no access to electricity or running water.

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