IDF campaign in southern Gaza has created ‘apocalyptic’ conditions, top UN official says
by Julian Borger in Jerusalem from World news | The Guardian on (#6GXPC)
Martin Griffiths says continuing offensive has ended any possibility of meaningful humanitarian operations
The UN's top aid official has said the Israeli military campaign in southern Gaza has been just as devastating as in the north, creating apocalyptic" conditions and ending any possibility of meaningful humanitarian operations.
Martin Griffiths, the UN emergency relief coordinator, said he was speaking on behalf of the entire international aid community in saying the continuing offensive had robbed aid workers of any significant means of helping the 2.3 million people of Gaza, other than to call for an immediate end to the fighting.
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