As Israel prepares for a full-fledged ground operation on Gaza to kill Hamas militants, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said that they have lost contact with their staff situated in the Gaza Strip.According to the WHO Chief they a unable to reach their staff, health facilities, health workers, and the rest of its humanitarian partners on the ground in Gaza. He has called for the immediate protection of civilians and full-fledged humanitarian access.Taking to X, Ghebreyesus stated, We have lost touch with our staff in Gaza, with health facilities, health workers and the rest of our humanitarian partners on the ground. This siege makes me gravely concerned for their safety and the immediate health risks to vulnerable patients. We urge immediate protection of all civilians and full humanitarian access.We have lost touch with our staff in Gaza, with health facilities, health workers and the rest of our humanitarian partners on the ground.This siege makes me gravely concerned for their safety and the immediate health risks of vulnerable patients.We urge immediate protection…— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) October 27, 2023UNICEF on Gaza communication lossMeanwhile, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell also commented on the international bodies unsuccessful attempts to contact their ground staff in Gaza.Taking to X she wrote “We have lost touch with our colleagues in Gaza. Im extremely concerned about their safety and another night of unspeakable horror for 1M children in #Gaza. All humanitarians and the children and families they serve MUST be protected.We have lost touch with our colleagues in Gaza.Im extremely concerned about their safety and another night of unspeakable horror for 1M children in #Gaza.All humanitarians and the children and families they serve MUST be protected.— Catherine Russell (@unicefchief) October 27, 2023UN Secretary-General Antonio GuterresUN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also spoke on the collapsing humanitarian situation in Gaza and said that Gaza is facing a total collapse with unimaginable consequences for more than 2 million civilians.In a post shared on X, Guterres stated, The humanitarian system in Gaza is facing a total collapse with unimaginable consequences for more than 2 million civilians. Needs are growing ever more critical & colossal. Food, water, medicine & fuel must be allowed to reach all civilians swiftly, safely & at scale.The humanitarian system in Gaza is facing a total collapse with unimaginable consequences for more than 2 million civilians.Needs are growing ever more critical & colossal.Food, water, medicine & fuel must be allowed to reach all civilians swiftly, safely & at scale.— António Guterres (@antonioguterres) October 27, 2023Palestinian authorities to international community The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates urged for an international intervention to stop the war on Saturday as Israel intensified its war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip,It called on the world to stop the war considering the rapid developments in Gaza, particularly cutting off communications, the internet and continuous shelling.
