Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry made a phone call with the Commissioner-General of UNRWA, Philippe Lazzarini, according to what the ministry’s spokesman, Ambassador Ahmed Abu Zeid, said on Sunday.
Sameh Shukri stressed to the UNRWA Commissioner the pivotal role played by UNRWA in accordance with its UN mandate in providing basic services to Palestinian refugees, as well as with regard to the huge humanitarian effort that cannot be dispensed with in providing safe haven and providing humanitarian aid to the Palestinians in Gaza in light of the worsening humanitarian situation. In the sector.
He noted that it is unacceptable for some countries to take decisions to suspend their funding for the agency’s activities at this sensitive time, in what appears to be a collective punishment against all the agency’s employees, who number about 30,000, as well as the Palestinian people, following allegations related to the involvement of a number of A very limited number of agency employees were involved in the events of October 7, and these are allegations that are still subject to a transparent internal investigation and review process within the agency’s agencies. In the same context, Minister Shukri stressed that attempts to target UNRWA in light of this difficult time, and limit its ability to carry out its tasks in Gaza, exacerbate the dangerous effects of the policy of siege, starvation and collective punishment imposed by Israel on the Palestinians, stressing Egypt’s full solidarity with UNRWA, And provide all forms of support to ensure that it continues to provide vital services to the Palestinians. For his part, the Commissioner-General of UNRWA expressed his regret for taking the decisions to suspend funding in light of the current humanitarian crisis that the Palestinians are suffering from in Gaza, and its repercussions on the regularity of the agency’s tasks during the coming period. He also expressed his deep appreciation for the important and vital role played by Egypt in providing assistance to the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, and for Egypt’s support and solidarity with the Agency in the challenges it faces.
Gaza faces annihilation
The occupation continues its bombing of various areas of the Gaza Strip, during the 114th day of the aggression, leaving hundreds of martyrs and wounded.
The Ministry of Health in Gaza announced on Sunday that the death toll from the Israeli aggression on the Strip since October 7 had risen to 26,422 martyrs and 65,87 wounded.
Dr. Ashraf Al-Qudra, spokesman for the Ministry of Health in Gaza, said that during the past 24 hours, the occupation committed 19 massacres against civilians in the Strip, claiming 165 martyrs and 290 wounded.
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