(s.guraziu – ars poetica, june 19, 25)
“There has been no safe, dignified and significant aid in Gaza for more than three months now. People’s suffering is unconscionable, deepening further on a daily basis. […] Delaying the decision to properly respond to the deepening hunger will further push down people in Gaza to an endless bottom and deepen dehumanization.” – Philippe Lazzarini (UNRWA Commissioner-General)
As for the media, concerning the media reports, almost everything about the tragedy in Gaza has been documented with the cover of Al Jazeera teams, especially from March, onwards (after the failure of the ceasefire) and the world is still “deaf, pretending to be hypocrites”, Europe, America totally ignoring the humanitarian catastrophe, how is it possible for Europe, America, the civilized world to remain silent, yesterday the Norwegian Dr. Mads Gilbert spoke about the irony that even Hollywood filmmakers would not believe that such “fictional movie scenarios” would be possible, and on the other hand we have to face the reality of the extremely inhumane scenes in Gaza – attached Dr. Mads Gilbert Interview, June 18, 2025 (yesterday), also video (fragment), published today: Al Jazeera – Humanitarian Situation in Gaza (June 19, 2025)
Video (Extract): Al Jazeera – Dr. Mads Gilbert Interview, June 18, 2025
Between 7 October 2023 and 4 June 2025 (as stated by OCHA), at least 54,607 Palestinians have reportedly been killed in the Gaza Strip while 125,341 have been reported injured. According to the UN, at least 1.9 million people across the Gaza Strip have been displaced during the war. Many have been displaced repeatedly, some 10 times or more. Since the recent displacement orders were issued, more people have been forced to flee in search of safety.
Even the UNRWA team members have faced many casualities – over 310 UNRWA team members have been confirmed killed since 7 October 2023.
[ UNRWA – United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees ]
The humanitarian situation in Gaza has reached alarming levels following the collapse of a ceasefire in March 2025. Intense Israeli military activities have resulted in tens of thousands of civilian casualties and significant destruction of infrastructure.
– The UN has reported that the crisis has reached “unprecedented levels of despair,” with ongoing challenges in aid distribution.
– The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross described Gaza as “worse than hell on Earth,” highlighting the dire conditions faced by civilians.
– International calls for a ceasefire are increasing as the humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate amid the ongoing conflict.
– Since the collapse of the ceasefire in Gaza on the night between 17 and 18 March 2025, intense Israeli Forces activities escalated, resulting in tens of thousands of civilians reportedly killed and injured, further damage and destruction to civilian infrastructure, and new waves of forced displacement.
– According to OCHA, people are confined to ever-shrinking spaces, with 82 per cent of the Gaza Strip now within the Israeli-militarized zone, under displacement orders, or where these overlap. The UN estimates that over 640,000 people have been displaced yet again since the breakdown of the ceasefire, including over 200,000 between 15 May and 3 June.
– On 1 June, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini posted on X (previously known as Twitter) that aid distribution in Gaza has become “a death trap”, with mass casualties reported during aid distribution.
Video (Extract): Al Jazeera – Humanitarian Situation in Gaza (June 19, 2025)
– On 2 June, UN Secretary-General António Guterres stated that he was appalled by the reports of Palestinians killed and injured while seeking aid in the Gaza Strip and called for “an immediate and independent investigation into these events and for perpetrators to be held accountable.”
– On 29 May it was publicly reported that the construction of 22 new Israeli settlements in the West Bank had been approved by the Israeli cabinet, including the legalization of nine existing outposts.
– Following the demolition order issued on 1 May for 106 houses in Nur Shams and Tulkarm camps, demolitions in Nur Shams Camp resumed on 29 May after a short pause.
[ Sources: UNRWA Situation Report #174 on the Humanitarian Crisis in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem – video-extracts: Al Jazeera ]