Silencing voices.
As if banning international media is not enough.
Humanitarian workers are also banned when they report on atrocities committed in #Gaza & elsewhere in the occupied Palestinian territory.
The denial of a visa to our colleague from @ochaopt is the latest in a pattern of restrictions.
Since the beginning of the war, the Israeli authorities have increasingly denied or failed to renew visas for UN staff, including Humanitarian Coordinators, heads of UN agencies & staff of International NGOs.
In addition, legislative restrictions to intimidate Israeli Human rights organisations were adopted.
I, too, have been denied entry to Gaza since March 2024 after the @CIJ_ICJ ruling & to the West Bank including East Jerusalem since June 2024.
Visas must be granted to humanitarian staff to support the work of their Palestinian colleagues.
Coupled with the ongoing ban of international media to enter Gaza, these visa denials are deepening the spread of dis-information & increasing de-humanization of the people in #Gaza.
The world is witnessing an utter disregard for – if not outright violations of – international law; with no accountability.
@antonioguterres says failures to uphold international obligations are coming at a staggering cost — measured in lost lives and shattered communities.
People in #Gaza, including UNRWA staff, are fainting due to starvation and severe hunger.
People including children are dying from severe malnutrition.
People are being starved.
UNRWA alone has thousands of trucks in neighbouring countries waiting to enter Gaza – banned by Israeli Authorities from entering since March.
The siege must be lifted now to allow our lifesaving humanitarian aid in.
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