In the midst of massive destruction of Gaza City, UN head renewal calls calls

“It is vital to immediately reach a cease -fires in Gaza,” The Secretary-General told reporters on the sidelines of the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (Ticad9)”And the unconditional release of all hostages and to prevent the massive death and destruction that a military operation against Gaza City would inevitably cause.“

About a million people still live in the city of Gaza-in the north of the enclave torn by war. The Israeli army reportedly described it as a stronghold of Hamas, the terror group whose fatal attacks in Israel and hostages on 7 October 2023 led war.

The UN chief has also convicted the decision of the Israeli government to approve a long-term expansion project of the settlement on the occupied West Bank.

‘The decision of the Israeli authorities to expand the construction of the illegal settlement, which would distribute the West Bank, must be reversed. All settlement construction is a violation of international law“He kept full.

The settlement is supposed to have permission for more than 3,000 houses, schools and a clinic, which cut East Jerusalem from the occupied West Bank, who captured Israel during the six-day war of 1967 after beating Egypt, Jordan and Syria.

Urban destruction

In an update on Gaza, UN Rights office, Ohchrnoted that the Israeli army announced on August 20 that the ‘preliminary phase’ of the offensive against Gaza City had started, aimed at Jabalya in Noord -Gaza and AZ Zaytoun in Gaza City.

OHCHR reported intense and constant Israeli military attacks aimed at Jabalya Al Balad and Jabalya Al Nazla and, separately, Further attacks on help seekers in the Zikim area.

“Continuous air strikes, shelling and UAV [drone] Bombing were reported, including against residential buildings, “said the UN law agency, with reported demolition of houses in Jabalya with the help of explosives.

Quadcopter -warnings

Allegedly the Israeli army also continued to broadcast orders using quadcopters and phone calls for residents to evacuate large parts of Jabalya, according to OHCHR.

In the meantime In Gaza City, very urban areas are “completely destroyed”The UN understands, with further destruction that is now underway in the south and southeast, while military maneuvers continue.

Recent attacks have been particularly devastating in the AZ Zaytoun and as Sabra neighbors. In addition, reported air strikes residential buildings or tents that sheltered displaced in Ash Sheikh Radwan, Ash Shujaiyeh and Ash Shati Camp, resulting in several fatalities, told the OHCHR head in the occupied territories One news.

OHCHR emphasized more than 50 attacks on residential buildings and whole blocks in Gaza City and warned the city on Wednesday “Systematic destruction” started.

“Some families are reportedly trapped because of the continuous bombing,” said Ohchr, with reference to reports that the extensive demolition of buildings continued in Northern and Eastern Gaza City.

In addition, the mass population was reported from Noord -Gaza and from Gaza City to western parts of Gaza City, although there are no figures available yet.

Israeli military attacks on tents that protect people in Al Mawasi, West -Khan Younis, are also reported, noted ohchr.

Acute malnutrition is increasing

In the meantime, UN help teams emphasized the catastrophic impact of the accelerating Israeli military operation, with Acute abuse that sticks to children in Gaza City up to 28.5 percentOr more than one in four young people.

“Children continue to die from humans caused hunger,”Nerrente said in a statement and noted that since March 2025 it has screened more than 95,000 children from six months to five years for malnutrition in the Gaza Strip, after it had collapsed -the fires collapsed.

While it is still stopping the fire at the beginning of March and auxiliary supplies were allowed in much larger quantities in Gaza than today“Malnutrition percentages were six times lower in Gaza CityWith 4.5 percent, according to the UN agency for Palestinians, UNRWA.

In Gaza, acute malnutrition rose mid-August to almost 16 percent, more than three times higher than the level of 5.2 percent registered by the UN agency in March, it said.

Vital services in danger

Nowadays, UNRWA services in Gaza City are at ‘serious risk’, warned the agency, pointing to the tens of thousands of people who still live in the hiding places and the ‘much more’ who stay in the surrounding areas.

In particular, there is concern about the composition of UNRWA’s Gaza Field Office – the largest logistics hub in northern Gaza – because the activities of the UN agency in the south are “crippled” by relocation orders and bombing.

As an indication of UNRWA’s key role in determining help and help in Gaza, it noted that lAST -Monthly, it offered more than 100,000 medical consultations and screened 3,500 children on malnutrition In Gaza City.

UNRWA also supplied drinking water to 220,000 peopleHousehold water up to 250,000 and knew hundreds of tons of waste.

Education and protection specialists from the UN agency achieved thousands more in temporary learning spaces or by offering counseling, recreational activities and risk consciousness training about the dangers of deadly non -depleted weapons.

“Although our colleagues, such as the rest of the UN, are determined to stay and deliver, all these services are now in danger as the military operations intensify,” Unrwa said.