The Gaza Strip has “simply become uninhabitable”, the United Nations humanitarian coordinator said on Friday, referring to the Palestinian enclave where the devastation is enormous after Israeli bombardment in retaliation for the attack by Hamas. in Israel on October 7.

“Three months after the horrific attacks of October 7, Gaza has become a place of death and despair,” its residents “face threats to their very existence every day as the world simply looks on,” summarized Martin Griffiths in his announcement.

Israel’s civil-military leadership vowed to “eliminate” Hamas after its unprecedented attack on southern sectors of Israeli territory on October 7 killed some 1,140 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official statements by authorities. It was the deadliest attack by the Jewish state in 1948.

Fighters from Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups also took about 250 people hostage that day, more than 100 of whom were released in late November.

Since then, Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip have killed at least 22,600 people, the vast majority of them women and children, according to the latest tally by the Hamas Health Ministry, released yesterday Friday. In other words, about 1% of the population of the Palestinian enclave.

For Martin Griffiths, it is time for “parties to honor all their obligations under international humanitarian law, including protecting civilians and meeting their basic needs, and immediately release all hostages.”

“We continue to call for an immediate end to the conflict, not only for the people of Gaza and its neighbors under threat, but also for future generations who will never forget the 90 days of hell and attacks on the most fundamental principles of humanity.”