“The pain is indescribable” on the anniversary of the “abhorred attacks,” said the UN relief chief Tom Fletcher.
“I renew my call to unconditional and immediate liberation of all hostages, and until then, they must be treated in a humanly way,” he continued. “Civilians everywhere have to be protected.”
Mr. Fletcher stressed that since October 7, 2023, tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed and “hundreds of thousands suffer hunger and displacement.”
Ask for fire and responsibility
Philippe Lazzarini, general commissioner of the UN Aid Agency for Palestinians, UNRWA, said the Gazanes have lived “two long years of destruction, displacement, bombardment, fear, death and hunger.” In a statement published in X, he again requested the release of all Palestinian hostages and detainees, a high immediate fire and non -restrictions of humanitarian supplies on scale, even through UNRWA.
He also urged the responsibility of the atrocities committed on October 7, 2023, saying that “there was no other way out of this abyss and chaos.”
October 7 Terror
Hamas and other armed groups on October 7, 2023 and other people were killed in terrorist attacks and other armed groups on October 7, 2023 and others more than 250 were hostages.
According to local health authorities, more than 66,000 Palestinians have been killed in the War in Gaza in Gaza.
Amid continuous violence and air attacks, UN Humanitarian and Health officials said on Tuesday that children are paying the heaviest price, with tens of thousands of dead, mutilated or severely malnourished, while Gaza’s hospitals and clinics go to total collapse.
Unacceptable children’s deaths: UNICEF
Speaking in Geneva on Tuesday, Ricardo Pires of the United Nations Childhood Fund (UNICEF) said that Israel’s “disproportionate response” had left the children who suffered “in their bodies and minds for too long.” He told reporters that According to reports, 61,000 children have been killed or mutilated since October 2023, a child every 17 minutes – And that many have been traumatized, orphaned and displaced several times, “an unacceptable and amazing figure.”
“They have been exposed to disease and violence on an unprecedented scale for Gaza,” he continued. “We have denied permission to bring incubators and fans to northern children. They desperately need to survive. We are talking about children who share oxygen masks to stay alive.”
UNICEF says that one in five babies in Gaza is now born prematurely, often to mothers weakened by hunger and stress.
Referring to the peace plan presented by the president of the United States, Donald Trump, who has been the subject of negotiations in Egypt for the second day, Pires welcomed “the plans of the United States government that saw a vision of hope to the region and civilians and children in Gaza, which a better future is ahead.”
His words echoed those of the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, who, in a statement on Monday, said that the recent proposal of the president of the United States “presents an opportunity to take advantage to end this tragic conflict.”
The opportunity should not be lost, the UN chief stressed. “After two years of trauma, we must choose hope, now,” he said.
Hospitals on the edge
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), only 14 of Gaza’s 36 hospitals continue to partially operate, none in northern Gaza, and only 62 Primary Health Care Centers remain partially functional, compared to a total of 176 from before the war.
WHO spokeswoman Christian Lindmeier said official figures confirm 400 deaths related to malnutrition since January 2025, including 101 children, 80 of them under five years old. More than 10,000 children have been diagnosed with acute malnutrition in the last two months, and around 2,400 seriously malnourished children run the risk of nights.
In statements to journalists in Geneva, the WHO spokesman warned that true toll is probably much higher, since many families in overcrowded shelters cannot reach clinics or hospitals. “The famine that once was limited to the city of Gaza is now spreading south when people flee from renewed fighting, ” Explained.
Help still blocked and unpredictable
From the UN Coordination Office (Ocha), spokesman Jens Laerke added that since October 2023, more than 8,000 missions within Gaza have required Israeli approval, and that almost half had been denied, delayed or prevented. “Any help that enters is positive,” he said, “but there has not been a single day in which the supplies met the required levels.”