Amman: UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini on Wednesday called on all United Nations member states to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and ensure unrestricted access for UN humanitarian operations, including UNRWA, following a UN commission report concluding that Israel committed genocide in Gaza.
According to Jordan News Agency, Lazzarini expressed his concerns in a post on X, highlighting the UN inquiry commission's conclusion that Israel, instead of cooperating with the United Nations, has responded by banning and excluding the main UN agency providing humanitarian aid, UNRWA.
He emphasized that the commission's findings point to the use of "interlinked political and politicized measures" by Israel, which include the establishment of the Gaza Humanitarian Fund (GHF). These measures, according to the report, have obstructed and prevented trusted relief agencies like UNRWA from delivering essential and life-saving assistance, with the intent to cause "physical destruction of Palestinians in Gaza through uninhabitable living conditions in the Gaza Strip."