Be consistent in Gaza ceasefire calls, Palestine envoy tells UN

Palestine’s envoy to UN has slammed the organization’s humanitarian chiefs for failing to call clearly for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Speaking during a briefing on the situation in Gaza, Riyadh Mansour also criticized them for failing to condemn Israel which is killing Palestinians, depriving the wounded of essential, life-saving medical supplies and basic needs

Mansour told the UN humanitarian chiefs sitting at UN headquarters in New York that what he heard from them lacked intensity and humanity

They included Martin Griffiths, the organization’s emergency relief coordinator, Lynn Hastings, the resident humanitarian coordinator for occupied Palestinian territory and Thomas White, director of UN Relief and Works Agency in Gaza.

Mansour paid tribute to the “brave” rank-and-file UN workers who are on the ground in Gaza “acting according to their mandate, and their full commitment to protect Palestinian people and help tell the story.”