from Daily Sabah
The United Nations was forced to stop its humanitarian operations in Gaza after Israel issued another evacuation order for the Deir al-Balah region, amid ongoing violence in the blockaded Palestinian enclave.
"We are not operating today. As of this morning, we're not operating in Gaza," the official said, adding that since the start of the war, the U.N. has sometimes had to "delay or take a pause."
"This is not a decision that we're saying we're stopping to operate, but practically we cannot operate," the official said.
According to the official, the U.N. "had relocated most of our personnel in our operations" to Deir al-Balah following a Rafah evacuation order several months ago.
The Israeli military claimed it was targeting "terror operatives" in Deir al-Balah and working to dismantle the "remaining terrorist infrastructure" of Hamas. The military has been widely criticized for targeting civilian infrastructure, including hospitals, schools, refugee camps, bakeries and refugee camps...
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