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In a statement on Friday, Pentagon spokesperson Brig Gen Pat Ryder said:
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In support of hostage recovery efforts, the US is conducting unarmed UAV [unmanned aerial vehicle] flights over Gaza, as well as providing advice and assistance to support our Israeli partner as they work on their hostage recovery efforts.
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The US began flying UAV flights after the 7 October attack by Hamas on Israel, he added.
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The UN’s humanitarian chief, Martin Griffiths, said that what has unfolded over the last 26 days of conflict in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories “is nothing short of … a blight on our collective conscience”.
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In a briefing to UN member states in New York on Friday, Griffiths recalled that 1,400 Israelis and nearly 9,000 Palestinians have been killed since 7 October. The true number will only be known after the rubble is cleared from Gaza, he said.
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He said the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), which provides humanitarian resources in the Gaza Strip, is “practically out of business”.
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UNRWA – the bulwark, the safety net, the buffer of so many people of Gaza for so many years – is practically out of business.
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He paid tribute to the at least 72 UNRWA staff who have been killed in the Gaza Strip since 7 October.
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"@UNRWA, the bulwark, the safety net, the buffer of so many people of Gaza for so many years is practically out of business" – OCHA Chief, Martin Griffiths pic.twitter.com/GwAcgfjcZ1
— UN News (@UN_News_Centre) November 3, 2023
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The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has warned the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians sheltering in UN facilities in Gaza that they cannot provide them safety.
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More than 50 UN facilities have been “impacted” by the conflict, including “five direct hits”, Thomas White, director of UNRWA affairs, said from its Rafah logistics…
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