UN Security Council on the Middle East

Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.

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Thank you for listening to Pictures MediaRadio. Welcome to Policy and Rights,
the show about the government policy andhuman rights. What's you involved? The

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nine thousand, four hundred and seventysecond Meeting of the Security Council is called
order. At the outset of themeeting, I should like, at the
request of the delegation of the UnitedArab Emirates and on behalf of the members
of the Security Council, to askall those present now stand and join observing

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a minute of silence for is civiliansand foreign nationals who lost their lives on
seven October in Israel, and allPalestinian civilians who lost their lives in the
Gaza Strip and in the West Bankincluding East Jerusalem, as well as the
UN staff members and the journalists wholost their lives in the Gaza Strip.

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Watch your shanty Chile out. Therequest all of it to stand up in
observing a minute of silence. Whoabe please be seated. The provisional agenda

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for the meeting is the situation inthe Middle East, including the Palestinianish question.
The agenda is adopted in accordance withJul thirty seven the Council's provisional Rules
of Procedure, I invite Representative ofIsrael to participat in this meeting. It

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is so decided. I propose thatthe Council invite the Permanent Observer of the
Observer's state of Palestine to the UnitedNations to participate in this meeting, in

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accordance with the provisional Rules of Procedureand the previous practice in this regard.
There have been no objection. Itis so decided, in accordance with Rules
thirty nine of the Council's Provisional Rulesof Procedure, I invite the following briefers

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to participate in this meeting, MisterTatus Gabrielsius, Director General of the World
Health Organization, and mister Mawa L. Gilani, Director General of the Palestine
Red Crescent Society. It is sodecided. The Security Council will now begin

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its consideration of Item two on theagenda. I now give the flaw to
mister Tatus Gibriosis to present a briefingto flows your sir. Thank you,

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Thank you, mister President Excellencis,thank you for this opportunity to brief you
on the health situation in Gaza.Let me be clear from the outset that
I fully understand the anger, griefand fear of the Israeli people following the

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horrific, barbaric and unjustifiable attacks byHamas and other armed groups on Israeli civilians
on the seventh of October. Thekilling of one thy four hundred people and
injuries to more and seven thousand,two hundred others is incomprehensible. For the

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survivors and families of victims, themental health consequences will endure for a long
time to come. W choice gravelyconcerned for the health and well being of
Israeli hostages in Gaza, many ofwhom are older people, children, and

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those with urgent medical needs. Twoweeks ago I spoke with families of hostages,
and I will meet them in Genevanext week. I feel their heartache
and fear. I also understand theanger, grief and fear of the people

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of Gaza who had already suffered throughsixteen years of blockade and are now enduring
the distraction of their families, theirhomes, their communities, and the life
they knew. The situation on theground is impossible to describe. Hospital corridors

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crammed with the injured the sick,the dying, morgues, overflowing surgery without
anaesthesia, Tens of thousands of displacedpeople sheltering at hospitals, Families crammed into

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overcrowded schools, desperate for food andwater. More than ten thousand, eight
hundred people have now been killed inGaza, almost seventy percent of them women
and children. On average, achild is killed every ten minutes. In

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Gaza, one point five million peoplehave been displaced and are looking for shelter
anywhere they can find it. Butnowhere and no one is safe. I

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give the flow nowhere and no oneis safe to brief. As more and
more people move to a smaller andsmaller space, overcrowding is increasing the risks
of outbreaks of darial and respiratory diseaseand skin infections. Of course, who

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is on the ground in Gaza alongsideour partners to support health workers are physically
and mentally exhausted and are doing theirbest. Thank you. In an unimaginable
connections the President, in addition tocaring for the twenty seven thousand opportunity were

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wounded, to brief, many ofthem with life threatening injuries. In Gaza,
they are trying to manage the regularhealth needs more than two million from
the outset that I fully more thanone hundred eighty women give girls in Gaza
and every single day people there arenine thousand patients on cancer terrifiable attacks by

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and there are three hundred and fiftythousand patients with diabetes on the art disease
of October and hypertension, the killingof one thousand, four hundred. I
visited and Alshifa Hospital in Gaza fiveyears ago. In twenty eighteen, is
I toured the dialysis world and theneon natal intensive caunits and families and spoke

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with health workers and patients. Themental health even dances twenty eighteen in Gaza
for long conditions were extremely difficult forhealth workers. Double joy is gravely now
their work is in post and wellbeing and their directly in Gaza in the
firing many of life are older people. Since the seventh of October, with

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urgent doubly, John has verified morethan two hundred and fifty attacks on health
care in Gaza and the Way GoneI SPA, in addition to twenty miles
attacks on healthcare in Israel and Iwill hospitals in GENERALIC week patients eye ambulances
their heart. Last week take doubleJoe documented five attacks on five hospitals in

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one day. I also understand fortyeight hours alone if four hospitals have been
the poor gas out of action,who had already suffered representing years of flour
hundred thirty and are now in Duringthe more than one hundred of the and
colleagues have been homes killed, theircommunities and county and the land. As

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we speak they knew there are reportsof firing. The situations in the Crown
and Rantissi hospitals impossible to describe.Half of the Gaza strip thirty six hostel
coliders and conserved with primary health carecenters the sea are not functioning at all.
Most that are funding are operating waysurgery on without anaesthesia. Ten thousands

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of disposes sheltering at hospitals, andyet somehow families continuing to the liver crowded
displaye saving desperate for food and water. The best way to support those health
work. More than ten thousand,eight hundred by killed in Gaza. They
need all morelver the seventy percent ofthem medicalmen and children, medical equipment and

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few average hospital child is killed everyten field hospitals and emergency medical teams can
complement one point five a million peoplehave been displaced and health workers in Gaza
and are looking for anywhere they canfind it. Supporting Gada health workers Nowhere

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is at the heart and Doubly Nowherewas part of the first convoy of a
smaller The smaller space and since theywere crowding is decreasing the risk soial and
respirator and the skin that health workersneed to save lives, including of Courtabat

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is on the ground to Gaza withthe Gaza alongside our partners to support this
health worker doesn't even bigger, physically, skill, mentally, exhausted and are
doing their best in the seven mbleconditions an average of five hundred tracks in
addition to carrying in four seven thousandpece essential wounded many of them means the

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lifers and injury instead of trying tomanage that held needs. Just more than
six hundred and fifty have entered morethan one hundred eighty women just two days
the Gaza start. Every single dayI met with his excellence round nine thousand
satients on CONCA to support Doubly andour partner deliver e three hundred and fifty

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thousand patients with diabet than Egypt forits heart disease, in getting hypertens Gaza
and for establishing a medivisit way toget the most shefa hospital in Gaza five
years ago twenty eighteen, including Itoured the dass word and then at an
intensive transferred for treatment and spoke withhealth workers and patients. Even then Conte

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twenty eighteen for unfettered conditions were excellentlets to the civilians of Gaza. Now
their work is imposts are not responsibleand they're directly violence in the fire said
line in ways that we in sincethe sevenths of October, in my who
has verified more than two hundred fourattacks in Gaza and the West Bank,

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many of whom in addition twenty fiveattacks on healthcare in Israel. We continue
to hospital Israel to res clinic plightsof allegations, augeances and especially f you.
Last week Double Joe documented five attackson fire. There's one days under
international humanitarian law in the past fortyeight hours alone, and we can hospital

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of civilians and further representing Ghazza's hospicesound and four hundred thirty beds. More
than one hundred of our u NColleague excellence have been killed and can understand
and as we children of Gaza,there are reports of fire outside the Algafos
and Rantissi hospitals. As a child, I went through the Gaza Strip thirty

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six hospitals and two thirds of itsprimary health care centers. The sound are
not functioning at whistling through the air. Those that are functioning are operating after
a way beyond their treasure bullets inthe night sky. The health system is
on its knees the loss, andyet somehow is continuing to deliver some life

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saving care. I know that thebest way to support those health workers and
the people they serve is by givingthem the tw know they need to deliver
that care. Medicines, medical equipmentand fuel right, hospital generators, meccas
sleep under the field. Hospitals andemergency medical teams can complement and support existing

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hospital to be protected and health workersin Gazas, but they cannot replace them.
Kids, supporting Gadas and work understandis at the heart parents of Doublas
operational response because in nineteen ninety eightwas part of the first convoy of aid
to enter Gass or the rap crossingon the twenty first of October from the

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bombardment, and since then we havedelivered sixty three metric tones of specialist medical
equipment and surplices that health workers needto save lives, including the hospitals nords
over the Gaza. But this doesn'teven began to address the scale of Milion

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and the parents of Gas too smallIsrael want and need before the seventh of
October that an average of five hundredtracks that they were crossing into Gaza with
the Essential Supplies Health Organization. Sincethe first of October, instead of the
expected ten thousand tracks, just sixhundred and fifty have entered among the gold

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Just two days after the violence startedand security, I met with his Excellency
President abder fatahal Cisi of Egypt CHRISTwho agreed to support doubly and our partners
to deliver aide to the crossing SecurityCouncil. I thank Egypt for its support
in getting aid into Gathers and forestablishing a medivac pass away to get the

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most critically sick and wounded patients out, including twelve children wis cancer who are
being transferred for treatment in Egypt andJordan with all due respect, who continues
to call for unfettered access to deliverhumanitarian aid to the civilians of Gaza,

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who are not responsible for this violence, but are suffering in way is that
we in this room cannot imagine.We continue to call on Hamas to release
the hostage it took, many ofwhom need urgent medical attention. We continue

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to call on Israel to restore suppliesof electricity, waters, and especially i
fel. We continue to call onboth sides to abide by their obligations under
international humanitarian law, and we continueto call for a ceasefire to prevent further
dests of civilians and further damage toGazas hospitals and health facilities. Mister President,

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Excellencies, I understand what the childrenof Gaza must to be going through
because as a child I went throughthe same thing, the same the sound

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of gunfire and shells whistling through theair, President, the smell of smoke
after the strung treasure bullets in thenight skies, that is very important.
The fear of the security, thepain, the loss, President, These
things have stayed with me throughout mylife. Attack I know the smell the

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image and spread to force the civilianpopulation. I know what war means the
last twenty four hours, so thetargeting of at least when my mother heard
gunfire at night, should meccas sleepunder the bed the hospital with more mattresses

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on top of one bed were bombardedin the hope we might be protected if
a shell fell on our house.The mother's instinct to say also in hospital.
And I also a understand what theparents of Gaza are going through because
in nineteen ninety eight, in thehours when war returns to Ethiopia, my

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country, my children had to hidein a banker to shelters placed from the
bombards. People at the hospitals aregoing are getting shy experiences war, both
as a child with my colleagues asa parent. Two hours ago. I
know how they told me that twentyfeelings have been injured, and I firing

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how the parents are also feeling.One person has been the children and parents
of Gaza and Israel's king and needthe same thing that my family wanted and
security. I never imagined that Iwould be the Director General of the World
Colleague upon the Council members because mymother's prayer was emergency medical team one day,

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the doctors and who are besized inGaza hospital. That's what do these
councilors further death, sufferings and security. There are forty thousands displaced civilians.
But this crisis underlines one suggestion forthe reform of the sec medical teams and
management. I made Generator two daysago because you lack of you and I

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was for a foreign minister. Rightnow there is a very serious as long
then we will the patients, thesecurity no longer those incubators. It was
established mister prend I was prepared toinform the Council about the critical sortage,
presence of fuel, the rule andthe Second World War not but honestly,

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now our atlmost concern as a directthreat and the lives of God grows wounded
and security count together with tens ofthousands of civilians and dis including thousands of
chepress, has been made. Theyare looking at you, imploring you to
act to stop another possible massacre andfood. In addition to the eminent threat

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of being shot and killed, thefourteen thousand displaced civilians at the hospital are
getting restless and desperate because of lackof water, food and electricity. We
are witnessing the spread of diseases andincreasing frustration, infestation of wounds with worms

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and among children. A child wastreated yesterday for eye infection. The doctor
found worms in his eyes. MisterPresident, the medical teams have left their
families to help save the lives ofthe wounded and the sick, but many
of them received the news of losingso many loved ones. Doctor Nabil,

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a board member and now a volunteerat Alcott's Hospital, thank you. I
want to thank our guests for theirpatients. As mentioned, we are delighted
to be joined by Rolad Dashti,the Executive Secretary of the UN Economic and
Social Commission for West Asia, andnext to her is Abdallah al Dardari,

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the Assistant Secretary General and head ofthe Bureau for Arab States a U N
d P. And they're here topresent you a new important of socioeconomic impact
on Palestine of the current conflict.So welcome, and I think Ms Dashti,
we're going to start with you.Thank you, it's on. Don't
worry, I don't have to doanything technology. Good, good afternoon,

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everyone, and thank you all forbeing here today. It's a clear as
the ongoing war on Gaza will haveprofouncecio economic impact on the occupied Palestinian territory
as a whole. And as wediscuss this critical issue on the cisy economic

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impact, I just want you torecognize that there is human faces behind these
taggering numbers that you will be hearing, and beyond their numbers, there are
also real people on both sides ofthis conflict and during unimmeasurable suffering, which
puts on us a moral obligation towork collectively together to alleviate their suffering and

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bring some glimmer of hopes as wego along. At the beginning of twenty
twenty three, Raza was already crapplingwith hyper unemployment rate of forty one percent,
sixty three percent of their households andGaza were food insecure, and nearly
eighty percent of the Riazin were indire need of assistance. As we under

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unveil our primary estimates of the Susuoeconomic impact of the war, I want
you to not to forget that thetrue costs transcend mere numbers. It is
measured in the loss of human beings. More than one hundred ten thousand Palestinians

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and the fourteen or five Israelis livesa loss that we cannot measure. The
toll of children is particularly heartbreaking.In just over four weeks, the number
of children killed in Gaza, whichis about four thy three hundred people,
has surpassed the total number of childrenlost to armed conflict in twenty two countries

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any year since twenty twenty. Moreover, the level of destruction is unimaginable and
unprecedented. As of November three,third of November, it is estimated that
thirty five thousand housing units have beentotally demolished and about two hundred twelve thousand

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units are partially damaged. And ifthis word persists, the majority of Gazen's
population might find themselves with nowhere togo, to call home or to stay.
In addition, a horrifying ninety sixpercent of the Gazen population now faces

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unprecedented deprivation of all essential services andhas fallen into multi dimensional poverty. It
doesn't end there. The negative spilloverof the war is already reaching neighboring countries
such as Lebanon, Gordan, Egypt, compounding their sinsuo economic and fiscal challenges.

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Let me conclude with this message.Nine and a half million Israelis and
five and a half million Palestinians deserveto live in peace. It's time for
the unity of the international community tocome together to broker a sustainable peace,

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ensuring that the cycle of progress,economic development and social empowerment becomes irreversible for
all parties involved. History teaches usthat without sustainable peace, all stakeholder in
this conflict will not only suffer moreloss of lives in the future, but

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their prospects for sustainable development will alsobe jeopardized and their hard won gains of
economic prosperity and social empowerment will beeroded. Now, I would like to
invite my colleague Abdellah to provide additionalinsights and information on the socioeconomic impact of

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the war. Thank you very much, Dr Dashti, it's a great pleasure
to be here again, and thankyou very much for joining us. The
numbers tell a very sad story,and we really need to look beyond the
numbers for a region or an economylike the Palestinian economy, not just Gaza.

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For the Palestinian economy to lose fourpercent of GDP in one month,
that's not comparable to any conflict Ihave seen before. The Syrian economy used
to lose one percent of GDP permonth. We have lost already four percent
of GDP. Not just of Gazaeconomy. I need to insist, even
though the fighting is in Gaza,but the whole Palestinian economy has lost already

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four percent of GDP. If thisfight continues till the end of the second
month, the loss will be morethan twelve more than eight percent of GDP.
And if it continues till the endof the year, we are going
to have a twelve percent loss inGDP. Just to bring it to you
a comparison, Ukraine lost thirty percentof GDP in one and a half years

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of fighting. To lose twelve percentof GDP in three months, that's massive
and unprecedented. Along with that aloss of three hundred and ninety thousand jobs
already lost, and an increase ofthe poverty by more than four hundred thousand

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people. Actually five hundred thousand peoplewould join the poverty lines by the end
of the second month of fighting.Now even more important, if I may
say, is the loss to humandevelopment after two months of fighting. Palestine

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and not just Gaza, would havelost sixteen years of human development, health
and education, and infrastructure and economicgrowth that would be wiped out. Palestine
would go back to two thousand andfive. All the investments, all the
work, all the hard work ofthe international community and the Palestinian people will

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be lost. Since two thousand andfive, forty five percent of you anddp's
projects in Gaza have already been destroyed. Health centers, solar power stations,
water treatment plants and support center toprivate sector and SMEs and to women in
Gaza is lost. So these arethe figures that we concluded. The challenge

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is not here. The challenge iswith a Gaza that has lost fifty percent
of its houses. We are goingto face a long lasting internal displacement situation
in Gaza with all its humanitarian,economic, developmental and security consequences. To

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give you an idea of the destructionthe numbers, doctor Rula mentioned incomparable to
another crisis, I'll give you Syriaagain. It took four years of fighting
in Syria to lose that percentage ofhousing that Gaza lost in one month.
It's unprecedented. So rebuilding that lateron that will be a challenge because we

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will be living with a long termhumanitarian crisis even after the war ends.
The cost of that rebuilding, theconditions of that rebuilding, the parameters of
that rebuilding will be something that hasto be looked at in an exceptional manner.

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We cannot repeat the same style andmethods again. Just to let me
say that, in May twenty twentyone, in the fighting that took eleven
days, seventeen hundred homes were destroyedin Gaza. Today only two hundred of
those were rebuilt. I'm not surewhether those who rebuilt have been destroyed again

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or not, but meaning that ifwe want to go back to the old
style of rebuilding what was destroyed inGaza, we are facing a long humanitarian,
developmental and economic challenge with security consequences. Let me stop at that and

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look forward to your questions. Thankyou, Thank you very much of the
ed letter. Thank you very muchon behalf of the United Nations correspond It's
association for doing this briefing. Myname is Edith Letterer from the Associated Press.
I have a couple of questions fromboth the report and a couple from

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what you just said in In inthe release that you sent out, you
said that the poverty rate in thestate of Palestine will soar by thirty four
percent, as if it continues fora second month. Thirty four percent from

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what baseline? And what kind ofnumbers are you talking about with that?
And maybe you want to answer that, and then I'll keep going. Okay,
So when we say thirty four percent, we are comparing that to a
business as usual, no war scenario, and the absolute numbers is is that

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we will have additional five hundred thousandpeople falling under the poverty line in addition
to how many before The average forPalestine all of it was about thirty four
percent as well, So we arewe are increasing from Gaza was sixty one

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percent, West Bank was around thirtypercent, and we have an average thirty
four percent increase in those two percentagesto give us unfortunately additional five hundred thousand
people falling into poverty, okay,and of the sixty one percent and the

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combination of Gaza and the West Bankbefore, yes, well, in terms
of numbers, how many people wasthat you're adding five hundred thousand to one
number eight million, one point eightmillions? Great? Okay? That that

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that clears up one question that Ithink we all wanted to know in terms
of the numbers and the baseline andsomething else. Before it was put your
microphone. Sorry, let me addsomething else. It's not only the money

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metric poverty. It is the multidimensional poverty that is more important. And
that's what I quoted ninety six percent. It's almost all Ghazen population are multi
drifted to multi dimensional poor. Okay, most of the world doesn't know what
multi dimensional poverty is. It's thedeprivation. It is the deprivation of various

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services needs that the people needs.You. So you're deprived not only from
income, but also you're deprived fromaccess to health. You're deprived from access
to services, utilities, You're deprivedfrom access to transportation, freedom of movement,
You're deprived. These are the multidimensional poverty, which is the deprivation

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that the person is suffering from.So we shifted. Now most of the
people in Gaza, now they aremulti dimensionally poor, which is multi dimensionally
deprived of various essential services for livelihood. And this is the key. In
addition to the deprivation of income thatAbdullah and I we just mentioned to you

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that we drifted that in total inPalestine, these are only deprived from income.
But we're talking about additional deprivation ofthe result of the war on that
which is massive. And as Abdellahsaid, even if we have a CEISPO
today okay and the rebuilding starts thatdepriviation, yes we'll improved, but we

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will not move more than we willshift from ninety six percent to around sixty
percent, okay. And what wasthe multi dimensional poverty rate before October seventh?
It's before October seven, it wasaround forty five percent, and that

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was throughout the Palace Dounian territories orjust in Gaza, Palestina, okay.
And on what was what was thePalace Tunian GDP before before October seventh?

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It was twenty point four billion dollars. Eighteen percent of it is in Gaza
and the rest is from the WestBank. So again that gives you an
idea about the proportioned proportion of theshock, that a shock of destruction in
one small part of less than twentypercent of the economy caused all that damage

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in the hall of the economy.And why is that? Is that because
of the fallout of what happened onOctober seventh and afterwards on the West Bank
of course, because you have,of course the impact on what we call
capital stock accumulation. When you losethat, the GDP automatically is affected.

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But also massive disruption to the economyin the West Bank. You know that
now is supposed to be the seasonfor olive and citrus, farmers cannot really
go and collect their products, theirproduce. The tourism season is practically gone,
and that agriculture and tourism represent fortypercent of the GDP in the West

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Bank. So that's we will putall these and of course disruption to trade,
disruption to a transfer of money fromthe Israeli authorities to the Palestinian authority.
Putting all of that, it's amassive shock, physical destruction in Gaza,
economic disruption in the West Bank.Thank you. Any other questions,

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yes, please, don't You askeda lot of questions. Maybe you covered
everybody's questions, Edie, thank you. I have a question for mister Dardari.
You talked about the cost of rebuilding, and if I heard you correctly,
you said, you know, wecan't do it the same old way.
How do you you're laughing? Howdo you suggest it be done differently?

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And I also wanted to ask Itjust seems like even if and when
this ends, there's just going tobe a long period of time where people
are just so completely dependent on assystem that when it when it gets back
up and running again to normal,whatever that is, it's going to take

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forever a long time. What's yourresponse, But that's the main message of
what we are trying to put here. We're putting the numbers, but the
interpretation of those numbers is exactly whatyou said. First, rebuilding need to
be thought of from now, andwe are already thinking about that. Second,

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this has to be rebuilding that's ownedby the people of Gaza, done
by the people of Gaza. CannotIt is not a large real estate project.
This has to be a participatory approach, rebuilding from the bottom up,
and that requires access to finance,access to resources, access to technical assistance,
and all of these things that willbe we will be detailing in the

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next reports. But all what weare saying here, as you can see
clearly, every day of delay meansincreasing the difficulties after the war. So
the war would continue in different formsin a sense, because that humanitarian trap
people will find themselves in, andthat dependence will be something we strangulating,

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and we need to make sure thatwe address that in our thinking from now.
So when you say that this isn'ta real estate project, who steps
in? When you know Gaza hasbeaches, maybe you want to not you,
but I'm saying real estate opportunity builda house, who steps in?

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Isn't No, No, We're notdoing that this way. So I'll say
one word on this, and DrDeshti will address that as well. All
our experience in reconstruction, even thoughit's not the topic of the report,
but the report sheds the light onthe challenges later on. As you just
said, our experience in reconstruction aroundthe world is that a top down reconstruction

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that does not consider the ownership ofthe people and the participation of the people
and the opinion of the people inthat reconstruction, it will produce what we
call structural deformities later on. Solet's try to avoid it and make sure
it's fast, it's effective, it'sowned by the people, it is done

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by the people. But we arenot against hotels on the beach. Sky
News Arabia please ken hold on twoseconds, Please go ahead, Okay,
Just to add to what Abdallah issaying we don't want to go do the
same path of recovery, just puttingfunding and do the recovery without addressing the

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reed root of the problem. We'llget us back after a couple of years
to more losses of lives, tomore damages. And when Abdullah was talking
about the sixteen years of loss ofdevelopment, we're talking about around forty five
to fifty billion dollars that has investedin development during our these fifteen years.

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So if we don't address the rootcauses and reach, and that's what our
call for the international community to uniteto broker a sustainable piece so that these
developments that we're doing, this recoveriesthat we're doing, becomes irreversible, so
that that's what we want to maintain. We want to maintain that the people
of Palestine, the people of Israel, also live in peace. Because as

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the damage is occurring at the frontof the Palestinian to the world, the
same thing, the economy of Israelis also impacted. So we just need
to make sure there is a sustainablepiece so that people will live, save,
reap the benefit of prosperity, thesustainable development, the investment of it.

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And this is what we want.We want to have a different mindset
to ensure that the recovery that wewill work on and all of us are
investing in that. To last,thank you please, thank you Steven much
dig with Sky News Arabia. Thankyou both for doing this. Doctor Rola.
My question is to you is aboutthe social impact and especially for the

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kids. Do we have any numbersabout the guds AND's kids, how many
of them lost both of their parentsor one of their parents? And also
is there any you and organizations takingcare of those kids who lost their parents
in this war? Thank you?Okay, we do have, unfortunately the

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number of kids who have died,the four thousand, three hundred plus individuals,
but the mere virtue of ten thousandpeople are killed, and if you
take away from them the four thythree hundred, then you're left almost with
six thousand individuals. These are mothers, fathers of these kids, so you're

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almost having also around six thousand plusof kids that they are at least missing
one parent. Okay. So,and this we're talking about, HONORA and
other agencies are UNISEEV and HONORA andother agencies of the un will be working

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together at the recovery to look intothe steeds of just follow up. Is
there any mechanism right now on theground to take care of those kids?
Hopefully we'll have a humanitarian ceasfire andceasefire to start taking off the kids.

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Watch in New York. For bothof you, what should happen to a
mass before? I mean for youto let's say there is a cis fire.
You heavybody is here looking for beforeit started to start this reconstruction,
involve the Palestinian all the things hesaid, What do you think should happen

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to a mass? First of all, that's up to the Palestinian people.
We are saying clearly that the reconstructionshould be owned by the people and should
be participated through there. So that'sup to the Palestinian people. We here

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are providing a technical analysis of thenumbers that we have faced so far and
what do they mean. By theway, even if the fighting stops now
twenty twenty four, palestine economy willlose an nine percent, So this is
not only a three months impact.We will have a longer term impact for

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next year and even in twenty twentyfive, we will have such an impact.
So that's what we are at leastthe two agencies are concerned with.
Thank you deji, mister Dadari.Actually I this is the g justsue with
Channel Television. Actually I don't havea question just now, but now I
have one because according to your descriptionon you mentioned many times of Syrian situation

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comparing to Gaza. But we knowthat in Syria we're talking about children.
There's like a last generation whose lackof education. I think it's basically the
same in Gaza because of the blockade. So given that condition and given all
this blockade in the past few yearsand now the Gaza war, do you

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think how much time if today,just like you said, if today they
start they started the cisfive, couldKasa recover from this this situation to a
I would say that a normal conditionas other other other countries and nations.

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Yeah, as we as we speak, our teams are doing those calculations because
we will be producing in the nextthree to four weeks. Another report updating
the Palestine numbers and look at theregional impact on the economies of the region
of what we are seeing. Butall I can say that if we can

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stop today is better than stopping tomorrowbecause and this is this is again unique
in conflicts and I personally have havecovered and written on and did a PhD
and all these things in post conflictreconstruction. The this time we are calculating
by days. When you have afour percent reduction in GDP in one month

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and the forty five percent lost toyour housing stock in one month, the
reconstruction should be calculated by day.So the delay, a one day delay
now could mean months and years lateron. And we will come back to
you and then following report with anestimate what does every day of delay in

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fighting now mean for how many howmuch money and how many weeks or months
of delay and reconstruction that we aregoing to face. But it's massive.
I mean, this is I'd liketo state this is unprecedented. Thank you,

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okay idi? And then go ahead. One figure. I forgot to
ask you what is the poverty levelthe poverty level that you're you're using their
something in the report that talked aboutmedium level, medium level country, So

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what what actually is the figure?How much money is it? It's a
middle income country poverty assessment poverty levelwhich is six dollars per day per person,
and touries were considered we're considered themiddle income lower middle income economy,
so that the six dollars that evenbreaks your heart even more because all of

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that growth and development is going toit's going to regress between eleven, sixteen,
or even nineteen years. If thefights continues to the end of the
year, we will go back totwo thousand and two. Stephano. That
will close it out. Just afollow follow up on my question because I'm
not sure if I unders too.So what you're saying is you say,

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basically, he's the Palestinian decide whathappened to a mass. So because we're
talking here about reconstruction, and you'resaying better today than tomorrow, or start
today than tomorrow. Basically, areyou saying that you has a un will
be ready to start reconstruction with theamass still let's say, in charge of

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Gaza and maybe even with the twohundred and twenty people hostages and so on.
I mean, with the situation likethis, you are ready too,
because if they are in charge,basically they will be in charge of reconstruction.
So are you saying this? Whatwe are saying is that reconstruction and

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the fighting should stop immediately if wecan from a technical economic point of view,
from a developmental point of view,fighting should stop now. People are
hungry, and we are losing childrenare becoming stunted, and the impact will
be long term. Now, howand which shape and which governance framework will

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run that operation after the peace isup to the political side of the house,
not up to us. We onlydo the economic and technical and social
impact of this conflict. Thank youvery much. Thank you us. Falsehoods

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I beg you. Last week wewere shocked to hear doctor Michael Ryan,
the executive director of the WHO HealthEmergency Program, call on Ghazens to remain
in hospitals that serve as Haramas Tarobases. By adopting Harama's narrative of evil
and telling patients to remain in anactive war zone, the WHO prefers to

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endanger the lives of Palestinians rather thansave them. What is even more shocking
is that doctor Rick Pippercorn, theWHO representative for Gaza, has until today
refused to be briefed by Israel.We have urged doctor Peppercorn numerous times to

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speak with us about the undeniable subterraneancity of terror underneath Shifa Hospital. Yet
we received no answer. Instead,Doctor Peppercorn and who prefer to perot Rama's
lies while denying to speak to anyIsraeli experts. Who teams have made it

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clear that they prefer to reward Ramas'sstrategy of exploiting hospitals, and by doing
so, the who is directly complicitin giving impunity to this despicable practice.
Dear colleagues, Israel is taking actionto mitigate civilian casual casualty. We prefer

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to take proactive steps because, unlikemass and yun bodies, we cherish life
and hold it sacred. This iswhy Israel is in advanced talks with the
United Arab Emirates, with the ICRCand with other European countries regarding the establishment
of field hospitals and floating hospital ships. Israel facilitated the Jordanian airdrop of medical

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aid to hospitals in northern Gaza.Thousands of tons of medical equipment and supplies
have already entered Gaza. Israel constantlyshows that it is willing to take any
step, any step to evacuate thewounded from the war zone of northern Gaza
to safer areas in the south.Sadly, Israel is doing far more for

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the well being of guzzens than theWHR or any other un body, Yet
this is not the focus of thismeeting. If any un official truly cared
for guzzens, they would be workinghand in hand with us to advance solutions,
not condemn Israel for the measures takento provide safety. Distinguished Council members,

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Hamas is supplying all of the informationI reiterate. Israeli experts are either
ignored or baselessly mistrusted, and verifiedfacts including video, audio, audio and
intelligent based information are deliberately omitted fromyour briefings. The words of genocidal terrorists

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are accepted at face value, whilethe irrefutable evidence of a law abiding democracy
is tossed aside. Tragically, theUN mechanisms have become terror enablers. We
must no longer accept this, colleagues. While Israel is at war with Hamas,
and only with Hamas, we arealso defending ourselves against murderers. Numerous

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other terrot threats Palestinian Islamic jihadin Gaza, Hizbala in Lebanon, the hoti Is
in Yemen, and the Iranian RevolutionaryGuard in Syria. These are all tentacles
of the same genocidal octopus Ayetolah regimein Iran. The Attolah has publicly praised
the October seventh massacre in Iran,has armed, funded, and trained all

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of the terror groups attacking Israel.Neverthelesstheless the foreign minister of these this murderous
regime visited the Yuan only a weekand a half ago and was given the
red carpet treatment. He was loudlyapplauded in the General Assembly and even met

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with the Secretary General, who shookhis hand with a big smile. The
Yuan has completely lost its moral compass. This cannot be tolerated, Mister President,
Israel is fighting a war for hervery future and existence. We are
combating a genocidal, Nazi like terrororganization. Ramas has publicly dine declared that

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they will carry out further atrocities ifthey are given the chance. The only
way, the only way to ensurethat these horrors are never repeated again,
is by eliminating Ramaski pabilities, andthis is the realization of our collective oath
of never Again. Israel will continuetargeting Tramas while working towards solutions, solutions

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for Gusen civilians. This should bethe focus of this meeting and not anything
else. Thank you, mister President. I now give the floor to those
Council members who wish to make statements. I now give the floor to the

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representative of the UAE. Thank you, mister President. And I'd like to
also thank you in leading us ina moment of silence for the lives lost
in Israel and the open by nowwe've all heard the acronym coined by health

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workers in Gaza WCNSF, which standsfor Wounded Child No Surviving Family. I
just want to let that sink inas we discuss today's topic, Doctor ted
Russ and doctor Jelani, I wantto pay tribute to both of you,
not only for making time to briefthis Council, but also for the life

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saving work you and your teams doon the ground in very very difficult circumstances,
and your clarion call to this Counciltoday that must be heeded today.
I also want to pay tribute tothe silent heroes in the medical community in
Gaza who stayed behind to deliver lifesaving assistance despite these horrific circumstances. Just

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moments ago, many of us receivemessages from medical and humanitarian organizations about the
heavy fighting around the Elshaffa hospital.Medical staff tell us that they're in fear
of their lives and the lives oftheir patients being taken, and they do
not know if they will make ituntil the morning. Mister President, it

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sometimes feels that by only dealing withthe numbers from the conflict, we are
indeed denying the humanity of those suffering. While it is impossible for us to
go through the thousands of stories intoday's meeting, I want to put a
couple of faces to those numbers,not of Hamas fighters, normal people,

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and Israel may be at war withHamas, but those paying the price of
this war are civilians in the thousands. Let me start with Ala Zahir Ahmad,
who's in her third year of medicalschool. She grew up in han
Unis refugee camp. On the tenthof October, she was designing a poster
for breast cancer awareness when the windowsstarted shaking and everything turned black, and

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Israeli airstrike leveled her home, pinningher legs under the wreckage and leaving barely
enough oxygen to breathe. Hours later, Alad's relatives and rescue workers pulled her
from the rubble. They also recoveredthe lifeless bodies of her mother, her
brother, and her nephew. Andthere are so many stories like this one.

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I feel the need to remind theCouncil that, like Alah, every
single one of the two thousand,six hundred and fifty currently reported as trapped
under the rubble are human beings,and that more than half of them are
children. But they're not just children. They're Palestine's future, and they're also

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Israel's future neighbors, and we shouldspare no effort to protect them and save
both peoples from this road of warthat we are on. Born in Al
Shaffa Hospital on sixth October is Talia, whose fragile heartbeat depends on a mechanical
ventilator, straining generators and dwindling fuelsupply. With the strike on the hospital

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last night and reports of the desperateevacuations on foot as we speak here today
in this Council, I can't evenbegin to imagine what has happened to Talia,
but we must not turn away fromthese stories. Like Talia, there
are one hundred and thirty other prematurebabies that are reliant on incubators to breathe.

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They are also reliant on our workhere in this chamber as well as
in our region. As we calledfor this meeting yesterday, little did we
know that by the evening a terrifyingbarrage of targeted attacks would be launched on
schools and hospitals. Here's what thatactually means. Babies, children and the

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elderly who are seeking refuge and carein those facilities are also under attack.
There are over one hundred ten thousandpatients, including children, suffering from burns
to their faces so severe that they'resuffocating with no access to antibiotics or burn
cream. Women are giving birth inthe most unsanitary conditions known to mankind without

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medicines, and sea sections are beingperformed without anesthesia. The perverse reality of
the situation in Gaza is that woundsinflicted by the most technologically advanced weaponry of
the twenty first century are being treatedin conditions that are reminiscent of medieval times.

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To help alleviate the suffering, theUAE is establishing a field hospital in
Gaza, working in solidarity with Gaza'smedical personnel and in cooperation with Israel.
But it's a plaster on a fracture. There can be no doubt that the
attacks by Israel in pursuit of itssecurity are disproportionate. They are cruel,

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and they are inhumane, and wecondemn them. Also, they will not
bring Israel security. So many livesare being lost without even achieving this aim.
We must also not forget that thoseheld hostage in Gaza by Hamas,
many of them children, are alsosuffering under the same bombardment and psychological trauma,

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and they must be released immediately.We are witnessing the making of a
lost generation of children and youth physicallyand mentally scarred by these experiences. Indiscriminate
attacks on civilians and civilian objects areprohibited by the laws of war. This
simply cannot be part of any militarystrategy, defensive or otherwise. There is

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no state that would be condoned forconducting a military operation on under those terms.
Israel must end its siege of Gazaand reinstate essential services and items indispensable
to human survival, including fuel,electricity, and water. Mister President,

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it is not enough to simply demandhumanitarian access anymore. While we must continue
to call for compliance with the basicrules of international humanitarian law as a matter
of conscience. As many have said, we all know that without accountability or
enforcement, this will never happen.At the bare minimum, we need to
activate all the possible tools, includingsustained and multi day humanitarian pauses or truces,

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not least to end the suffering ofchildren. This can also enable a
humanitarian surge, the safe movement ofcivilian and aid workers, conditions for access
to and safe release of hostages.This is fundamental for the necessary a durable
and sustained ceasefire. It is unconscionablethat it has been thirty three days of

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the destruction of Gaza without any Councilaction and response. It is time to
act and to respond and help saveinnocent lives and to ensure this violence ends
once and for all. This twostates solution must be the overarching goal.
The international community must reiterate its unwaveringsupport for this goal. This is the

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only solution that takes us out ofthis cycle of hatred and violence and dehumanization.
Again and again and again, thankyou, mister President. I thank
the representation of the UAE and I'llget a flaw to the United States.

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Thank you, mister President. Thankyou Director General Tedros and Director General Marwan
Jelani for your briefing today and foryour dedication over the past few weeks amid
extraordinary challenges at the top. Letme emphasize that we are closely monitoring the
situation at the hospitals in Gaza.We are deeply concerned for the well being

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of civilians who are at these facilitiesand rely on them for life saving care
and shelter from the violence. Allcivilian and humanitarian facilities, especially hospitals and
medical facilities, as well as thepeople who work for them and are engaged
exclusively in medical duties, must berespected and predicted consistent with international law.

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We know that hospitals are in desperateneed of fuel. The United States has
been working tirelessly to put in placemechanisms to enable a fuel to reach hospitals
and to meet other urgent needs inthe South. These mechanisms need to be
operationalized without delay, and much morework remains to be done to meet humanitarian
needs throughout Gaza. But I alsowant to make clear that we share Israel's

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concerns about Hamas's hoarding and siphoning offuel in northern Gaza. This is unacceptable
and we must all call it out. We also must call out the fact
that Hamas cynically and atrociously uses Palestiniancivilians as human shields, putting its command
posts, weapons and ammunition within orbeneath the very hospitals we are speaking about

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today and in residential buildings, schools, mosques. Hamas does not try to
protect Palestinian civilians, It deliberately andcallously endangers them. At the same time,
these cowardly tactics do not diminish Israel'sresponsibility to distinguish between civilians and terrorists
in its fight against Hamas. HowIsrael responds to AMAS attacks matters, and

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Israel's response must be consistent with internationalhumanitarian law. Rules like proportionality and precaution
still apply, and the risks ofharm to civilians it cites that Hamas is
using for military purposes absolutely have tobe considered when planning an operation. Colleagues
acknowledging one party's suffering does not negateor detract from another's. We must not

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look away from the pain and sufferingof innocent Palestinians more than one point five
million Palestinians who have been displaced inthe week since October seventh. Innocent civilians
have been killed, and people arein dire need of humanitarian assistance. Palestinian
families are grieving, and we grievewith them. Our capacity for empathy also

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requires that we mourn the Israeli civilianlives lost on October seventh, the pain
and suffering of families who wait toknow the fate of more than two hundred
civilians, women, children, theelderly stilled hell hostage by Hamas. Israelis
are also grieving, and we toogrieve with them and want to repeat acknowledging

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one party's suffering does not negate ordetract from another's. That was the message
Secretary Blincoln delivered during his recent tripto the region, his second in the
last three weeks. At every stop, Secretary Blincoln had candid and direct conversations
about Israel's right to defend itself againstHamas terrorists attacks. He underscored the need

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to protect civilians consistent with international humanitarianlaw, and to surge additional humanitarian aid
to the people of Gaza. Heemphasized US support for humanitarian pauses to facilitate
and expand aid delivery, and hereiterated the importance of ending this current conflict
in a way that insures lasting peaceand security in the region. Colleagues,

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although we may have different views andpositions on certain necessary steps to achieve these
objectives, I think it is clearwe are all committed to work toward these
ends. In particular, we allagree that much more also needs to be
done to make sure that humanitarian assistancereaches those in need. Present Biden's secretary
Blink and have worked tirelessly over thelast month with Israel, Egypt, the

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UN and others to facilitate the flowof fuel, food, water, medicine,
and other humanitarian supplies into Gaza.Despite these efforts, the quantity of
assistance entering Gaza is nowhere near enoughto meet the dire and growing needs,
and we are working to urgently scaleup aid deliveries. Israel has committed to

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implement four hour pauses in areas ofnorthern Gaza each day, with an announcement
to be made three hours beforehand.We have been told by the Israelis that
there will be no military operations inthese areas over the duration of the pause,
and that this process is starting today. We urge that these pauses be
implemented without delay, and we emphasizethat coordinating these pauses with the UN would

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help insure aid reaches those in need. Moreover, we continue to support calls
for extended humanitarian pauses and we arehopeful that israels announcement will allow for the
increased flow of humanitarian assistance into Gazaand will enable the safe passage of civilians
seeking to flee the violence in northernGaza. The United States will continue to

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lead, but it will require acollective effort from all of us to meet
the soaring needs in Gaza. Itis time to step up and to support
the efforts of the UN. TheUN is playing an essential role in humanitarian
response effort, and that work hascome at great cost. Nearly one hundred
members of UNRA have lost their lives. It is tragic, and thousands are

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putting their lives on the line everysingle day to help the people of Gaza.
I want to underscore the United Statessupport for UNWUS work and convey our
condolences to those who have lost lovedones who are trying to help others,
and our admiration for those who continueto carry out this vital work. We
unfortunately do not yet have a wayforward to secure the release of hostages,

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but we are working very hard onone, and if that were to take
place, just being able to movehostages around the battlefield in a way that
is safe will take time, andso we believe a pause would also be
appropriate in this context. Colleagues,even as we are consumed by this crisis,

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we must also work to chart amore peaceful future. President Biden has
been very clear that we cannot goback to the way things were before October
seven, either in Gaza or inthe West Bank, and he has said
we need to get back to theurgent work of advancing concrete progress towards a
viable Palestinian state that includes both Gazaand the West Bank. The United States

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continues to believe the most viable path, indeed, the only path to peace,
is through a two state solution.A Secretary Blinken made clear this week
the only way to ensure that thiscrisis never happens again is to begin setting
the conditions for doable peace and security. That means there must be no forcible

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displacement of Palestinians from Gaza, notnow and not after the war. Gaza
cannot be used as a platform forterrorism or other violent attacks. There must
be no reoccupation of Gaza after theconflict ends, or attempt to blockade or
besiege Gaza, and there must beno reduction in the territory of Gaza.

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Finally, we must also ensure noterrorist threats can emanate from the West Bank.
Adhering to these principles and achieving atwo state outcome is the only guaranteur
of a secure and democratic Israel,the only guarantur of Palestinians realizing their legitimate
aspirations to live in a state oftheir own, enjoying equal measures of security

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and prosperity. The only way toend this violence once and for all again.
Our capacity for empathy are common humanity. That is what separates us from
Hamas and other terrorists. We canand must acknowledge one another's suffering and keep
working together to alleviate the human sufferingcreated by this conflict. And we can

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and must work toward a more peacefuland secure future for Israelis and Palestinians alike.
Thank you, mister President, Ithank the Representative of the United States.
I now give the flaw to therepresentative of Brazil. Thank you,
Miss President, Mister President colleagues.I thank the United Arab Admirates and China

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for calling for this open briefing onthe health emergency in Gaza. I also
thank Doctor Tedros Gibrisus and Doctor MoranDelani for their briefings and command them and
their teams for their tireless work onthe war torn ground of Gaza. Brazil

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remains deeply concerned about the humanitarian crisisin Gaza, marked by a disturbing increase
in civilian casualties, particularly among womenand children. The loss of thousands of
children's lives is appalling. Children mustbe protected from hostilities. In President Lula's
words, innocence are called upon topay the price for the madness of war.

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This must stop at once. Brazilurges the Israeli authorities to exercise immediate
military restraint and to respect the principlesof distinction and proportionality in order to protect
civilian lives and infrastructure. We alsocall Hamas and all other groups to seize
all indiscriminate attacks on Israeli territory,hospitals and the UN facilities have been indiscriminately

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attacked with an appalling number of civiliancasualties, including of essential personnels such as
aid workers, un personnel, aswell as journalists. Brazil calls for the
protection of all medical facilities, professionals, patients and the wounded in accordance with
international humanitarian law. We also callfor the safe medical evacuation of those who

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are seriously injured or ill. Despitethe risks unress, delivery of essential emergency
medical supplies from the WHO to AlShifa Hospital in Gaza City on eighth November
is a step in the right direction, but we share doctor Tedrous and mister
Lazarini's concern that it is not nearlyenough to meet the overwhelming needs in Gaza.

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Medical supplies in Al Shifa are criticallylow and few shortages have become critical.
We hope that the longer way announcementof daily humanitarian pauses in northern Gaza
will facilitate the delivery of aid tocivilians. As highlighted by the United Nations,
the hundreds of thousands who remain inthe north are facing a dire humanitarian

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situation as they struggle to find evenminimal amounts of water and food to survive.
We call for full, safe andsustained humanitarian access to distribute essential supplies
on a much larger scale, morefrequently and in greater quantities as the President.
Besides a humanitarian seas fire, allparties must also commit to a cessation

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of hostilities, which is essential forthe long term protection of all civilians.
We remain deeply concerned about the fateof all hostages and call for their immediate
release. Their safety, well being, and humane treatment in accordance with international
law must be guaranteed. The ICRCmust be granted access to all hostages without

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further delay. This crisis poses asignificant threat to international peace and security and
has the potential to escalate into awider conflict. One month into this crisis,
it is clear that diplomatic efforts havefailed to match the gravity of the
situation. The international community must actswiftly to create the conditions for a lasting

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solution. Violence will not provide theanswers. Yesterday in Paris, at the
International Humanitarian Conference for the Civilian Populationof Gaza, Brazil, stress the importance
of convening a conference that can promotea political solution to this decade's old conflict
with the participation of a large numberof states, such as the case of

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the twenty seven Annapolis Conference. Ignoringthe legitimate rights of the Palestinian people to
self determination has had an unacceptable tollof human lives and human suffering on both
Palestinians and Israelis. The recognition ofa viable Palestinian state living side by side

(01:19:09):
with Israel, with insecure and mutuallyaccepted and internationally recognized borders is the only
possible solution. It is highly timewe go back to this path with true
political will and real diplomas. Thankyou, Hi, thank the representative of

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Brazil, and I'll get a flowto the representative of Capon. We all
seem to thank you, mister President. My delegation thanks the Director General of
the World Health Organization for his briefingand for all the information made available to
us. We listen closely to thestatement made by the Director General of the
Palestine Redquescence Society on the devastating situationthe people of Gaza. For thirty five

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days now we have witnessed a terrifyingescalation of violence. The primary victims of
this bi are children. We sawthis first of all on Israeli soil with
the barbaric attacks of her mass conductedon the seventh of October. We then
saw this in Gaza, where formore than a month now no one is
safe anywhere. But we've also seensuch violence in the occupied West Bank.
The implementation of the resolution adopted onthe twenty sixth of October by the UN

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General Assembly is as a consequence andmatter of urgency. The gridlock in which
the Security Council currently finds itself defiesall logic and is absolutely unfathomable. It
is time to find a solution toend this chaos. It is of the
utmost importance that our Security Council overcomeits geopolitical and political stumbling blocks. My

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country calls upon the humanity of allof us. We sincerely hope that he
can sens us will be found quicklyso that the Security Council can prove itself
able to discharge the mandate bestowed uponit. Gabon reiterates its fervent condemnation of
all deadly, indiscriminate violence and isdeeply shocked by the countless strikes on schools,

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hospitals, ambulances as well as onrefugee camps. The attack on Tuesday
against the ICRC convo when it wastraveling to deliver vital medical supplies to Garsen
hospitals is unacceptable. These flagrant violationsof international law and of international humanitarian law
are unjustified, unacceptable and must asa result stop. In this same vein

(01:21:27):
all acute shortages of basic commodities foodstuffs, water, electricity, fuel and
medicine cannot continue. The unimpeded,safe and sustained supply and distribution of essential
goods and services to millions of peoplein needers of the utmost importance. We
note with interest the decision taken bythe Israeli authorities too since yesterday, but

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in place daily pauses in the northof the Gaza ship strip. We recognize
the authorities the work of the authoritiesof the USA, Katah and Egypt.
Mister President Darvon wishes to reaffirm thatthe cessation of hostilities is the only solution
to this rampant humanitarian crisis. Onlya cessation of hostilities will be able to
guarantee the protection of all civilians inGaza, including the safety of Israeli hostages

(01:22:15):
who are detained. Their hostages thatmust be released unconditionally It is only by
silencing the weapons that rescue and recoveryoperations of children, namely those trapped under
the rubble, will be able tobe conducted. It is only by silencing
the weapons that humanitarian actors will beable to identify need and organize the temporary
care of unaccompanied children, children thathave been separated from their parents or who

(01:22:40):
have become orphans. In this regard, we recall the crucial role played by
countries that have influence over the partiesinvolved. We hail the commendable initiatives already
undertaken by all of these countries tomitigate the humanitarian impact of the conflicts.
These include the International Humanitarian Conference thatwas held on the night of November in
Paris and the oh I See Summitwhich will take place on the twelfth of

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November. Gabon will take part inthat summit. We strongly encourage these countries
that have an influence to bring tobear over the parties to step up efforts
to encourage de escalation and these searchfor peaceful solution, peace and stability in
the Middle East are goals that wemust all tirelessly pursue violently. Mister President,

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the root causes of this conflict thathave for years damaged the relations between
Israeli and Palestinian people cannot be dissociatedfrom the current situation. I reiterate Gabon's
commitment to the two state solution,two states that must coexist peacefully, side
by side on the basis of internationallyrecognized borders. To conclude, my country

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reaffirms its conviction that diplomacy, dialogue, and negotiation are essential challenge channels through
which to achieve a lasting solution tothis conflict, a solution which would guarantee
the right of the Palestinian people toself determination and Israel's legitimate rights to security.
We reiterate our support for Secretary Generaland Tony Guturism for all of his
initiatives. I think, I thinkthe representative of Gabon. I now give

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the floor to the Representative of Switzerland, President WHO. Mister President, I
thank you for organizing this open meeting, but also for the minute of silence
that we dedicated to all of thevictims. Thank you. I also wish
to thank the Director General of theWHO, mister a Doctor Gerry Josis and
mister Mauanjilani, Director General of thePalestine Red Crescent Society. I thank them

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both for their work in the mostdifficult circumstances and for their briefings, which
give an overview of just how seriousserious the current situation is. Switzerland is
deeply concerned by the impact of theconflict on civilians, men, women and
children and on the civilian infrastructure inthe Gaza Strip. Civilians are in urgent

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need of protection and the health situationcontinues to worsen very rapidly for the civilian
population, including the one and ahalf million displaced persons who for more than
a month now have been completely undersiege, deprived of water, electricity and
services essential to their survival. Internationalhumanitarian law protects the civilian population and civilian

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objects. International humanitarian law must berespected at all times by everybody. Particular
respect must be given to the principlesof distinction, proportionality and precaution in the
conduct of hostilities. The medical missions, including medical transport, hospitals, clinics
and people who are treated in them, as well as medical personnel who work

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in them, enjoy special protection underinternational law. They must never be targeted.
In ICRC humanitarian convoy carrying emergency aidsupplies towards the Alcut's Hospital came under
fire last Tuesday. This incident,and we heard this from others, illustrates
the environment in which humanitarian organizations,impartial organizations and organizations bearing a universally recognized

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emblem must operate with in Gaza.I pay tribute to the dozens of their
staff, such as those of UNWIRand the Red Crescent, who've lost their
lives in the cause of their duties. We also note with grave concern the
regular damage done to hospitals such asthe Annasse Children's Hospital. The volume of
aid is insufficient due to the lackof fuel. Several hospitals and clinics have

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had to stop operating. It isvital that water, food, medical supplies
and fuel be able to enter.Moreover, aid must also reach the hundreds
of thousands of civilians who are stillin the north of Gaza. The president
of the ICRC said yesterday at theParis conference and I quote, the immediate

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imperative is to save lives and preservehumanity. Rapid and sustained humanitarian access and
supplies are desperately needed. We thankFrance for organizing this conference. Switzerland intends
to provide additional emergency humanitarian aid tothe tune of ninety million Swiss francs throughout

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the region. Moreover, Switzerland willcontinue to work within this Council to the
establishment of urgent measures such as humanitarianpauses or truces necessary to guarantee safe,
rapid and unhindered access for humanitarian assistance. Mister President. Since the seventh of
October, Switzerland has condemned in thestrongest terms the acts of terror and the

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indiscriminate attacks carried out by Hamas againstcivilian populations in Israel. Switzerland calls for
the immediate and unconditional release of thosetaken hostage and currently detained in Gaza.
At the same time as it recognizesIsrael's right to ensure its defense and security.
Switzerland recalls that the protection of civiliansand the respect for international humanitarian law

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are obligatory. Respect for humanitarian lawmust remain a priority of this Council.
Moreover, Switzerland remains deeply concerned bythe sharp increase in violence in the occupied
West Bank. In view of theincrease in settler violence, Switzerland recalls Israel's
obligations under international law, including theobligation to protect the civilian population. Inquiries

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must be conducted into all violations ofinternational law in Israel and throughout the opt
so that perpetrators can be brought tojustice. Finally, let us not lose
sight, ever, of the factthat the only foundation on which peace and
stability can be built is the twostate solution, two democratic states Israel and

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Palestine living side by side in peacewithin secure and recognized borders. And it
is for that reason that we mustall together work. Thank you, I
think the Representative of Switzerland. Inow give the floor to the Representative of
Frances your President, Thank you,Thank you, mister President. I thank

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the Director General of the WHO andmister Gilanni for their briefings. The terrorist
attacks perpetrated by Hamas and other terroristgroups against Israel on seven October last need
to be unanimously condemned and all hostagesneed to be released immediately without preconditions.
All lives are valuable. There canbe no double men, there can be

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no double standards. Israel has theright to defend itself in the duty to
do so in a manner that respectsinternational humanitarian law while preserving the lives of
civilians. Mister Presidents, Palestinian civilianslose their lives every day in Gaza.
Palestinian children lose their lives every dayin Gaza. We have heard today that
they are also exposed to the worstpossible sanitary conditions and the heightened risk of

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epidemic France. Thanks to the WHOfor its initiatives on the ground. We
also applaud the commitment of the UNSecretary General and the work of UN agencies
as well as humanitarian actors on theground. We extend our sincere consolant dolences
to the United Nations after the deathof one hundred unraw personnel. The humanitaryan

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situation is catastrophic and we must actto that end. France continues to call
for an immediate, sustained and lastinghumanitarian truce, which should result and cease
fire, towards which we must allwork unimpeded. Lasting humanitary and access to
the GUZZA strip must be provided asa matter of urgency. All checkpoints need

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to be opened, The number ofconvoys need to be commensurate with the needs.
Civilian infrastructure and hospital need to beprotected. In respect of IHL,
there is a need to ensure theimmediate restoration of basic services inter Alia to
guarantee access to water, sanitation andelectricity. The International Humanitarian Conference of Support

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for the people civilian population of Gazawas organized in Paris yesterday at the initiative
of our President mister Macroon and thishas resulted in more than one billion euros
of financial contributions. Assistance from Francefor Palestinian civilian populations was one hundred million
euros. France also delivered eighty seventons of humanitarian cargo. Thirty tons of

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additional assistance will be delivered in thedays to come as part of the air
Bridge of the European Union. Theviolence perpetrated by settlers against Palestinian populations have
spread in the West Bank and hasforced Palestinian communities to flee. This is
unacceptable. France reiterates its call forIsrael authorities to bring an end to this.
We call for preventing conflagration of thewhole region. There is a need

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for safety and security of blue helmetsof UNIFIL unduff unsown to be upheld they
continue to deliver upon their mandates.France is fully committed to avoiding a spread
of the conflict and we also condemnthe Hoho Thy strikes towards Israel. The
world cannot disregard the legitimate aspiration ofPalestinians and Israelis to live in peace and
security. We all are aware ofthe conditions necessary for this lasting peace.

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These are the indispensable guarantees for Israelfor its security and those of a state
for Palestinians. There's a need torestore the political horizon. The only viable
solution is a two state solution,and this imperative must no longer be a
prospect. It needs to become areality. France will persevere with our constructive
engagement at the Council to ensure thatthe resolution is adopted at the soonest.

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We owe this to Israelis and Palestinians. Thank you, I think, the
representative of France, and now I'llgive you the flord to the representative of
the United Kingdom. I think whodirectagenal Doctor Tedros and mister Giuliani for your
detailed description on that station and personalstories with fear, pain and loss,

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and I thank you and your team'sdedication under this unimaginable situation, Mister President.
The situation in Gaza grows more disparateby the day. And time is
of the essence. We greatly admirethat humanitarian workers continue to work in incredibly
dangerous conditions, and we lament thedeath of more than a one hundred and

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RUA staff. Regrettably, the SecurityCouncil has remained silenced for more than a
month since the conflict broke out.With the horrifying acts of terror by Hamas
in Israel on seventh of seventh ofOctober, the time of concrete action is
now. To this end, Japanfully supports humanitarian pauses as well as humanitarian

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corridors to facilitate urgently needed assistance,civilian movements and release of hostages. Full,
rapid, safe, and unhindered humanitarianaccess should be granted without delay and
in a continuous manner. We welcomethe tirelest diplomacy by the international community,

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including the International Conference on Humanitarian Aidfor Gaza held in Paris yesterday. Japan
hopes that pauses announced by the USgovernment of ninth November will contribute to enhanced
delivery of life saving humanitarian aid,protection of civilians and release of hostages in

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Gaza. On our part, Japan, as the G seven Presidency, hosted
the G seven Foreign ministers meeting inTokyo this week, calling for urgent action
to address the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crisisin Gaza. The recently announced flash appeal
requires one point to million US dollarsto meet immediate humanitarian needs in Gaza and

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the West Bank. Japan has beenplaying its part. Our Foreign Minister has
recently announced that Japan is prepared toprovide an additional humanitarian aid package of sixty
five million US dollars and emergency reliefsupplies through Jaika, Japan's aid agency,

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in addition to the already decided emergencygrant aid versus ten million US dollars.
We call on all Member States andhumanitarian partners to join this effort to alleviate
the suffering of the people in Gaza. Mister President, Over two hundred hostages,

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including many children, are still heldby Hamas and other militants in Gaza.
Hostage taking goes against the fundamental principlesof international law, and we an
equivocally con We demand the immediate andunconditional release of all remaining hostages. Their

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loved ones are waiting with increased increasingdespair. The risk of regional spillover is
very real. The situation in Lebanon, Syria and Yemen are getting worrisome.
Additionally, the rise in extremist settlerviolence committed against Palestinians is totally unacceptable,

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undermines security in the West Bank andthreatens prospects of a lasting piece. A
single miscalculation of any of these frontscould lead to a disastrous regional conflict,
and we must do all we canto stop this. This conflict has to
end and relevant partner and relevant partiesneed to return to negotiations towards finally achieving

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a two states solution. We areboth Israel and a valuable Palestinian state live
side by side in peace and security. In the short term, we should
take all possible measures to bring aboutan early de excalation of the conflict as
a first step towards a durable peace. I thank you, mister President.

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