at the same time , the united nations office of humanitarian affairs announced: many people fell ill due to poor sanitary conditions in the south of the gaza strip. the united nations aid agency anurava has also warned that gaza is reaching a point of no return. the representatives of student organizations told about their expectations from the next parliament in a meeting. today, a large part of the increase in participation is responsible it is students. representatives of student organizations in a meeting their positions regarding the twelfth. the elections of the islamic council were explained in a meeting where he sits down and gives a series of talks , then the meeting ends. the representative of the union of islamic associations of independent students pointed out the right of the people to choose in the election and said: our goal is that from that side that we are in contact with the body of the people through the universities , we should bring different parties and movements and different groups to our table and ask them about their views on the political future of the isla

at the same time , the united nations office of humanitarian affairs has announced a large number of due to very bad health conditions in the south of the gaza strip , they fell ill. the united nations aid organization anurava also warned that gaza is reaching a point of no return. the field reporters are reporting on the fierce battles of the resistance forces with the zionist forces in different areas of the gaza strip. the hebrew media announced that 80 soldiers from the 98th brigade of the zionist regime were killed so far in khanyounos alone. more than 10 of these people were trapped by qassam fighters last night. battle. in deir al-balah , jabalial tarzaatr, shujaiyeh and sheikh rezvan are also reported to be very heavy. this morning, the resistance fighters they stopped the advance of the zionist forces in sheikh rezwan in the gaza strip and inflicted heavy damages on them. resistance battalions from. dozens of zionist soldiers reported in the clashes of the past two days , but the zionist regime army only reported the death of three soldiers and the wounding of 40 others, some

at the same time, the united nations office of humanitarian affairs has announced that many people have fallen ill due to very poor health conditions in the southern gaza strip. institution un aid anurava has warned that gaza is reaching a point of no return. america's green light to genocide. following the reactions to the us's obstruction of the un security council's approval of the cease-fire resolution, muhammad ali al-housi, a member of the supreme political council of yemen , described this action as issuing a verdict for the massacre of thousands of people in gaza. the president of colombia also called the action of the united states a green light for the killers of the palestinian people and said that the united states allowed the genocide to continue. amnesty international considered the action of the united states to show a ruthless disregard for the suffering of civilians in the gaza strip. the secretary general of the arab league also said: the security council could not take a correct position to stop the insane military aggression of the zionist regime in gaza. the head of

united nations. let's turn for reaction to rafah , let speak to the team lead for the united nations office f the coordination of humanitarian affairs. i know we need to talk about the situation in gaza, and we will do that momentarily, but how important would it be to the work you are doing to have a humanitarian pause in the attacking of gaza by israel to allow human aid in? >> i have one very clear message on this. it is appreciated but not needed. what is needed right now is a pause. i pause does not provide the relief or the gaza strip to be resuscitated. it doesn't provide the people with t prospect of returning to life. it doesn't provide the children living in tents just outside where i am staying with the abilitto return to their homes and rebuild. what is needed is an end to this war. maryam: tell me about the situation right now where you are and indeed what you are hearing within gaza. >> the situation where i am is horrifying. i would say it is unimaginable but it is the reality for the people here in rafa the hundreds of thousands of people that have led, many of them 5, 6, 7 times in order to find safety. just yesterd

of this story. we will be hearing from a u.n. representative in gaza, in rafa, to be specific. the team lead for the united nations office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs. welcome to the program, gemma. can i get your reaction to events at the u.n., please? >> thank you so much for having me. my reaction is very simple -- we appreciate the painstaking negotiations that have been in place, the hours of dialogue by diplomats, but what the people of gaza need right now is an end to this war. that is not what has come out of the security council today. we welcome every initiative that will expand the aid here, but that is also not what is needed. we need a massive volume of not just humanitarian assistance, but private sector goods flowing into the gaza strip to reverse the desperation and devastation that i see here every day. >> bring us up-to-date here on the needs at the moment. i was reading earlier that the number of operational hospitals has decreased even further, something like seven in gaza? >> absolutely. the needs are literally unfathomable until you see them. to speak to the hospitals, i was in gaza city the other day in a hospital which was r

humanitarian crisis. alain w'uattara is the deputy head of the sudan office at the united nations office for the co—ordination of humanitarian affairsng of civilians there — and the urgent need for aid. what comes to mind now is when is all this going to stop? when is the warring party going to abide by the commitment to protect civilians by international military law? the situation now in the state is worrisome. the current situation, as we are hearing coming through, is that looting happening despite the fact we have been able to communicate some of our assets of humanitarian locations, civilians have been forced to flee for the second time in wad madani, which was hosting half a million people. we were forced to suspend our humanitarian assistance in those areas and relocate a neighbouring state so we could resume when the situation allows. so it's so dangerous that you can't operate on the ground. tell me more about that and tell me more about the numbers because they are colossal, the amount of people displaced, and presumably the conditions as well. definitely. we're talking about half a million forced to be displaced from kha

humanitarian crisis. live now to alain ouattara — he's the deputy head of the sudan office with the united nations office for the co—ordination of humanitarian affairsbbc news. how alarmed are you at the current situation in sudan? thank you for having me. what comes to mind now is when is all this going to stop? when is the worrying party going to abide by the commitment to protect civilians by international military law? the situation now in the state is worrisome. the current situation as we are hearing coming through is that it's happening despite the fact we have been able to communicate some of our assets of humanitarian locations, civilians have been forced to flee for the second time in wad madani, half a million people. forced to suspend our assistance in those areas and relocate a neighbouring state so we could resume when the situation allows. 50 could resume when the situation allows. �* , could resume when the situation allows, �* , could resume when the situation allows. �*, ., ., , ., allows. so it's so dangerous that ou can't allows. so it's so dangerous that you can't operate _ allows. so it's so dangerous that you can't operate on

of course keep across what is happening in the united nations but let's turn for some reaction to rafah. gemma connell is team lead for the united nations office for the coordination of humanitarian affairsed to talk about the situation in gaza and we will do that momentarily, but how important would it be to the work you are doing to have a humanitarian pause in the attacking of gaza by israel to allow humanitarian aid in? i have one very clear— to allow humanitarian aid in? i have one very clear message _ to allow humanitarian aid in? i have one very clear message on - to allow humanitarian aid in? i have one very clear message on this - to allow humanitarian aid in? i have one very clear message on this in i one very clear message on this in thatis one very clear message on this in that is a pause would enable aid delivery but it is not what is needed right now. what is needed now is an end to this war because a pause does not provide the relief that will enable the gaza strip to be resuscitated, it does not provide people with the prospect of being able to return to life, does not provide the children living in tents right nowjust outside where i am staying with the ability to return

of those by israeli forces and others including settlers. this, according to the united nations office for the coronation of humanitarian affairs. more than 3000 palestinians have been arrested according to the u. n. human rights office in the occupied tele---palestinian territory. as for journalists, principles to be protected under international humanitarian law during a war, well, they haven't been spared either. the committee to protect journalist reports at least 63 journalists and media workers have been killed including 56 palestinians, four israelis and three lebanese. that is staggering civilian death toll has also prompted concerns about israel's military approach in the region. according to the idf spokesperson, caucus, israel is not able to verify the exact number of hamas fighters they have killed so far. although, he does put the number into, quote, thousands. earlier this week, israel says it has killed half of hamas is mid level commanders. according to the israeli army, at least 420 of their soldiers have been killed since october 7th. at least 11,000 rockets have been launched from the gaza strip toward israel

amna: i will clarify these numbers come from the united nations office for coronation of humanitarian affairsordination of humanitarian affairs. amb. herzog: cite the hamas numbers, they don't have numbers of their own. amna: ambassador, michael herzog, we thank you for joining us. please do join us again sometime soon. thank you for your time. amb. herzog: thank you very much. thank you. ♪ in the days other headlines, former president trump will stay on the primary ballot in michigan. the state's supreme court won't hear an appeal from voters seeking to disqualify him because of his role on january 6th. the justices wrote in a statement "we are not persuaded that the questions presented should be reviewed by this court." that comes days after colorado's supreme court deemed mr. trump ineligible to run for president in their state. wintry weather has blanketed parts of colorado and south dakota in more than a foot of snow. nebraska and wyoming weren't too far behind with about 11 inches. meanwhile, strong winds continued to gust across the southern and central plains. the massive storm is exp

she's with the united nations office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs. good to have you with us. so this point, very few hospitals operating all of them in the south. how concerned are you that as, as well as offensive now starts to focus more on central and southern areas that whatever they are able to do, those hospitals may face the same site as hospitals in the north. we were absolutely terrified that that is what will happen and even if the hospitals were protected, which they are, we continue to see a tax which hits hospitals in the vicinity around them. but even if they were protected, they're so overloaded and over well. so what we're seeing now is both the cash you choose to come immediately to s strikes or tank showing and gunfire. but also the people who are dying seems to be because the hospitals are unable to treat them. i was just a couple of days ago off in 0, bella and miller, so hospital out to the guys the attacks and the health workers that who as such hearers in this response, told me that there is no way that they can keep up with th

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