UNRWA: Palestinians face further displacement
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🗓️ 9 October 2024
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees warns that food supplies in Gaza are diminishing. One quarter of Lebanon is now covered by evacuation orders, and around 1.2 million people are displaced as Israel attempts to cripple Hezbollah. It comes as US President Joe Biden holds his first phone call with Benjamin Netanyahu in months. We’ll hear from Naftali Bennett, Israel’s former Prime Minister, about Israel's options for its proposed retaliation against Iran.
Also on the programme: We hear from a Florida resident choosing to stay put as what could be the biggest storm in a century approaches; and our science correspondent chats with Nobel Chemistry Laureate Sir Demis Hassabis about his prize.
(Picture: Displaced Palestinians make their way as they flee areas in northern Gaza Strip following an Israeli evacuation order, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Jabalia, October 6, 2024. Credit: REUTERS/Hussam Al-Zaanin TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and a warm welcome to Newsau from the BBC World Service coming to |
| 0:08.1 | live from London with me Sean Lay. Ahead of UNRRA the United Nations Agency for Palestinian refugees, is warning that food |
| 0:16.9 | supplies in Gaza are running dangerously low. |
| 0:19.7 | Philippe Lazzarini said some shelters have been forced to close for the first time since the war began a year ago. |
| 0:26.4 | Mr Lazzarini warned that at least 400,000 people were trapped in the north of Gaza. |
| 0:31.9 | Many have left the Giant Jabalaya refugee camp to comply with |
| 0:35.2 | evacuation orders issued by the Israeli Defence Forces, the IDF. |
| 0:40.1 | I'm as Director of Communications is Juliet Tuma. What is the situation in the north of the Gaza Strip? |
| 0:46.7 | Yeah, so right now in the north of the Gaza Strip there's been more evacuation orders from the Israeli authorities which means that people |
| 0:56.8 | are expected to leave and be displaced once again or we understand from several of the residents in the area |
| 1:06.0 | is that many are hesitant to move because they know far too well |
| 1:12.0 | from previous times that no place is safe in in Gaza. |
| 1:17.0 | In terms of the practicalities of this, have the Israelis given any instructions as to what people should do when they leave |
| 1:24.7 | areas where they're told they should leave because of the risk that they will face |
| 1:29.8 | aerial bombardment. |
| 1:33.0 | Not really. |
| 1:34.0 | What happens with these evacuation orders is that people are ordered to flee. |
| 1:41.0 | And I'm not entirely sure the term evacuation order does justice to what really happens. |
| 1:48.0 | These are forced displacement orders where people have very, very little time to pack up whatever they can and to move in search of safety. |
| 1:57.6 | But we know far too well from the events of the past year, this brutal war that is ongoing that no place is safe in Gaza |
| 2:06.6 | and no one is safe in Gaza and nothing has been spared including civilian infrastructure like United Nations facilities and |
| 2:15.4 | medical buildings. |
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