‘This is pure starvation’: UN aid coordinator slams Israel's Gaza plans in UNSC emergency session

Speaking at an emergency UN Security Council session convened to address Israel’s planned military seizure of Gaza City and the forced displacement of nearly one million Palestinians, Ramesh Rajasingham, head of UN OCHA, issued a stark condemnation of the crisis. He demanded an immediate end to the "unacceptable catastrophe," warning that Israel’s expanded operations would exacerbate atrocities and civilian suffering. Over 500 aid workers have been killed—a "grim milestone"—while famine spreads and Gaza’s humanitarian system collapses. Hospitals, stripped of supplies and staff, are barely functional, and rampant desperation has triggered looting of aid convoys. Rajasingham stressed that such chaos could be curbed with rapid, large-scale assistance and reiterated the UN’s operational readiness—but only if the world acts.

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Post from Al Jazeera on August 10, 2025

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