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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Julian Borger in Jerusalem

‘Apocalyptic’ conditions in southern Gaza blocking aid, top UN official says

People search the rubble of a destroyed house after Israeli airstrikes on Deir al-Balah in the southern Gaza Strip
People search the rubble of a destroyed house after Israeli airstrikes on Deir al-Balah in the southern Gaza Strip. Photograph: Mohammed Saber/EPA

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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