UN warns: Aid must not pressure Gaza evacuations

He stressed that using humanitarian aid as bait to force displacement, particularly from the north to the south, would create an impossible choice between displacement and death. He explained that the plan presented by the occupation to the humanitarian community deprives the most vulnerable groups unable to reach the proposed military zones of aid, and exposes their family members to the risk of being targeted or caught in the crossfire as they travel to and from these areas.

He pointed out that according to the proposed plan, only 60 aid trucks will be delivered to the Gaza Strip per day, representing one-tenth of what was delivered during the ceasefire. He considered this "insufficient to meet the needs of 2.1 million people, including 1.1 million children."

Elder also expressed deep concern about the proposed use of facial recognition technology as a precondition for aid delivery, adding that screening and monitoring beneficiaries "for intelligence and military purposes violates all humanitarian principles," calling for the lifting of the closure and the entry of humanitarian aid to save lives in the Gaza Strip.

On several occasions UNICEF revealed that the situation of children in Gaza is on the verge of catastrophe, calling for the occupation to allow the entry of life-saving aid to the population of the Strip.