Al Mayadeen English

  • Ar
  • Es
  • x
Al Mayadeen English

Slogan

  • News
    • Politics
    • Economy
    • Sports
    • Arts&Culture
    • Health
    • Miscellaneous
    • Technology
    • Environment
  • Articles
    • Opinion
    • Analysis
    • Blog
    • Features
  • Videos
    • NewsFeed
    • Video Features
    • Explainers
    • TV
    • Digital Series
  • Infographs
  • In Pictures
  • • LIVE
News
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Sports
  • Arts&Culture
  • Health
  • Miscellaneous
  • Technology
  • Environment
Articles
  • Opinion
  • Analysis
  • Blog
  • Features
Videos
  • NewsFeed
  • Video Features
  • Explainers
  • TV
  • Digital Series
Infographs
In Pictures
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Europe
  • Latin America
  • MENA
  • Palestine
  • US & Canada
BREAKING
Sheikh Qassem: Our supporters make up more than half of Lebanon's population, and all of these people are united under the banner of protecting Lebanon, its Resistance, its people, and its integrity.
Sheikh Qassem: There will be no phased handing in of our arms. [The Israelis] must first enact the agreement before we start talking about a defensive strategy.
Sheikh Qassem: Be brave in the face of foreign pressures, and we will be by your side in this stance.
Sheikh Qassem: Stripping us of our arms is like stripping us of our very soul, and this will prompt us to show them our might.
Sheikh Qassem: We will not abandon our arms, for they gave us dignity; we will not abandon our arms, for they protect us against our enemy.
Sheikh Qassem: The US efforts we are seeing are aimed at sabotaging Lebanon and constitute a call for sedition.
Sheikh Qassem: If you truly want to establish sovereignty and work for Lebanon’s interests, then stop the aggression.
Sheikh Qassem: The United States, which is meddling in Lebanon, is not trustworthy but rather poses a danger to it.
Sheikh Qassem: The United States is preventing the weapons that protect the homeland.
Sheikh Qassem: The government’s latest decision [on the disarmament of the Resistance] is non-charter-based, and if the government continues down this path, it is not faithful to Lebanon’s sovereignty.

Like most Palestinians, UN Gaza staff running out of safe spaces: UN

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 27 Aug 2024 23:53
  • 1 Shares
3 Min Read

Senior UN official Gilles Michaud says that the Israeli "evacuation orders" have impacted the UN's polio vaccination campaign in Gaza.

Listen
  • x
  • Like most Palestinians, UN Gaza staff running out of safe spaces: UN
    Palestinians flee from northern Gaza as Israeli tanks block the Salah al-Din road in the central Gaza Strip on November 24, 2023. (AP)

The United Nations is running out of secure locations for its staff in Gaza due to the ongoing Israeli military attacks, just as a polio vaccination campaign is scheduled to begin next week, Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security Gilles Michaud said on Tuesday.

As "Israel" broadens its onslaught and expands its invasion into formerly designated "safe zones", it continues to push Palestinians into smaller and smaller sections of the Strip. Just in August, nine evacuation orders were issued, encompassing locations the IOF had already classified as "humanitarian zones".

According to The Wall Street Journal, Gaza's 2.2 million residents are now mostly restricted to a region of around 15 square miles, less than Manhattan's footprint.

"Like most Palestinians in Gaza, we are running out of safe spaces for our own staff," Michaud said.

Read more: Over 60% of essential meds unavailable in Gaza due to Israeli blockade

'Long list of unbearable threats'

The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza reported earlier this month the first case of poliovirus in a 10-month-old infant who had not received any vaccination for polio in the city of Deir al-Balah.

He pointed out that the Israeli "mass evacuation orders are the latest in a long list of unbearable threats to UN and humanitarian personnel," adding that "the timing could hardly be worse".

Related News

Doctors in Gaza report severe levels of hunger: AP

At least 15 martyrs in Nasser Hospital massacre in Gaza

"Humanitarians have been in the crosshairs" throughout the Israeli war on Gaza, which is "by far the deadliest on record for the United Nations," he continued.

The Israeli occupation army's "actions this weekend compound existing security threats and seriously impact the pace at which we can deliver [aid], safely. These constraints are beyond our control," Michaud asserted.

Read more: Israeli 'evacuation orders' deprive 1mln Palestinians of planned aid

The senior UN official said that "in line with international humanitarian law, our ability to provide assistance rests on the responsibility by parties to conflicts to do everything in their power to keep our colleagues safe."

"The women and men who risk their lives to deliver humanitarian aid need a safe and consistent place from which to work," he said, urging all parties "to respect international law and their commitments under the UN Charter to ensure the safety and security of UN personnel and premises."

However, despite all the threats, "The United Nations is determined to stay in Gaza to deliver life-saving aid for and with Palestinian civilians," he concluded.

The United Nations announced last week that a polio vaccination campaign targeting over 600,000 children in Gaza will commence soon, with a second round scheduled to take place one month later.

On day 326 of the Israeli genocide in Gaza, the total number of Palestinians killed since the ongoing Israeli war started on October 7 has risen to 40,476, and those injured to 93,647, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday in its daily report.

While a number of victims were transported to partially functioning hospitals and medical centers, others remain trapped beneath the rubble, with defense and rescue crews unable to reach them, the statement pointed out.

Read more: Israeli war on Gaza destroys sewage systems, sparks disease outbreaks

  • Palestine
  • Al-Aqsa Flood
  • Israel
  • United Nations
  • Deir al-Balah
  • Gaza
  • Polio
War on Gaza

War on Gaza

Most Read

Tom Artiom Alexandrovich, executive director of the defense division of the Israeli National Cyber Directorate, undated (Social media)

Israeli-born US prosecutor drops Israeli officer child sex crime

  • Politics
  • 19 Aug 2025
Almost instantly after the Helsinki Accords were signed, organisations sprouted to document purported violations, whose findings were fed to overseas embassies for international amplification. (Al Mayadeen English; Illustrated by Zeinab el-Hajj)

How ‘Human Rights’ became a Western weapon

  • Opinion
  • 23 Aug 2025
Israeli soldiers stand on the top of armoured vehicles parked on an area near the Israeli-Gaza border, as seen from southern Israel, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025 (AP)

Palestinian fighters target Israeli soldiers, vehicles in Gaza

  • Politics
  • 21 Aug 2025
Launch of a ballistic missile from Yemen toward the occupied Palestinian territories. (YAF military media)

Yemeni Forces announce firing hypersonic missile at Al-Lydd Airport

  • Politics
  • 22 Aug 2025

Coverage

All
The Ummah's Martyrs

Read Next

All
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference at the Prime minister's office in al-Quds, Occupied Palestine, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025 (AP)
Politics

Netanyahu deliberately derailing truce with Gaza occupation: Hamas

Irish President Michael Higgins arrives to deliver his speech during a 42nd World Food Day celebration at FAO headquarters in Rome, on Oct. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Politics

Irish president renews call for UN military intervention in Gaza

US Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the US Embassy in Aukar, northern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, July 21, 2025 (AP)
Politics

US envoy, Netanyahu discuss restraining attacks on Lebanon, withdrawal

Smoke billows following Israeli airstrikes in multiple areas in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025 (AP)
Politics

Ansar Allah vow sustained Gaza support despite Israeli strikes

Al Mayadeen English

Al Mayadeen is an Arab Independent Media Satellite Channel.

All Rights Reserved

  • x
  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Authors
Android
iOS