我们，15个联合国和人道主义组织的领导人，再次敦促加沙所有战斗各方保护平民，并呼吁以色列国停止对加沙和试图提供帮助的人道主义者的攻击。 

北加沙局势堪称灾难。该地区被围困近一个月，基本援助和救生物资得不到提供，轰炸和其他袭击仍在继续。仅在过去几天，数百名巴勒斯坦人被杀，其中大部分是妇女和儿童，数千人再次被迫流离失所。 

医院几乎完全断供，并遭到袭击，导致患者死亡、重要设备被毁、救生服务中断。医务人员和患者被拘留。据报道，医院内也发生了战斗。 

数十所用作避难所的学校遭到轰炸或被迫撤离。流离失所者家庭的避难所帐篷遭到炮击，有人被活活烧死。 

救援队在试图救出被埋在家中废墟下的民众时，遭到了蓄意攻击和阻挠。 

妇女和女孩的需求势不可挡，而且与日俱增。我们与那些我们支持的人以及那些为性和生殖健康以及性别暴力提供救命基本服务的人失去了联系。 

我们还收到报告称，平民在试图寻求安全时成为攻击目标，一些男子和男孩被逮捕并被带到未知地点拘留。 

牲畜死亡、农田被毁、树木被烧毁、农业食品系统基础设施遭到严重破坏。 

北加沙的全体巴勒斯坦人口都面临着因疾病、饥荒和暴力而死亡的危险。 

由于准入限制，人道主义援助无法满足需求。基本的救生物资无法供应。人道主义人员无法安全地开展工作，以色列军队和不安全局势阻碍了他们接触需要帮助的人们。 

更为严重的是，人道主义救援工作因战争而推迟，导致该地区儿童的生命处于危险之中。 

本周，以色列议会通过了一项法案，禁止近东救济工程处并取消其特权和豁免权。如果实施，这些措施将对加沙的人道主义响应造成灾难，完全违背《联合国宪章》，可能对依赖近东救济工程处援助的数百万巴勒斯坦人的人权造成严重影响，并违反以色列根据国际法承担的义务。 

我们必须明确指出：除了UNRWA近东救济工程处，没有其他选择。 

必须停止公然无视基本人性和战争法的行为。

必须遵守国际人道主义法，包括区分、比例和预防措施规则。国际人道主义法义务不依赖于互惠。任何一方违反国际人道主义法的行为都不会免除另一方的法律义务。 

必须停止对加沙平民和剩余民用基础设施的袭击。 

必须为人道主义救援提供便利，我们敦促各方为受灾民众提供畅通无阻的通道。此外，必须允许商业货物进入加沙。 

伤病员必须得到所需的救治。医务人员和医院必须得到保护。医院不应变成战场。 

必须释放被非法拘留的巴勒斯坦人。 

以色列必须遵守国际法院的临时命令和裁定。 

哈马斯和其他巴勒斯坦武装团体必须立即无条件释放人质，并必须遵守国际人道主义法。 

会员国必须利用其影响力确保尊重国际法。这包括在存在明显违反国际法风险的情况下停止武器转让。 

整个地区正处于危险的边缘。立即停止敌对行动并实现持续、无条件停火早已是早该做的事。 

签署人： 

• 乔伊斯·姆苏亚女士，代理紧急救济协调员兼主管人道主义事务副秘书长 

• Nimo Hassan 女士，MBE，国际志愿机构理事会 ( ICVA ) 主席

• 国际志愿机构理事会（ICVA） 执行主任 Jamie Munn 先生

• 国际移民组织（ IOM） 总干事艾米·E·波普女士

• 沃尔克·图尔克先生，联合国人权事务高级专员（OHCHR） 

• 乐施会 主席兼首席执行官艾比·马克斯曼女士
  

• 联合国境内流离失所者人权问题特别报告员 Paula Gaviria Betancur 女士（境内流离失所者人权问题特别报告员） 

• 联合国开发计划署 署长阿齐姆·施泰纳先生

• 联合国人类住区规划署（人居署） 执行主任 Anacláudia Rossbach 女士

• 菲利波·格兰迪先生，联合国难民事务高级专员公署（UNHCR） 

• 联合国 人口基金执行主任娜塔莉亚·卡内姆博士

• 联合国儿童基金会（UNICEF） 执行主任凯瑟琳·拉塞尔女士

• 联合国妇女署 副秘书长兼执行主任西玛·巴豪斯女士

• 世界粮食计划署（WFP） 执行主任辛迪·麦凯恩女士

• 谭德塞博士，世界卫生组织(WHO) 总干事

 We the leaders of 15 United Nations and humanitarian organizations urge, yet again, all parties fighting in Gaza to protect civilians, and call on the State of Israel to cease its assault on Gaza and on the humanitarians trying to help. 

The situation unfolding in North Gaza is apocalyptic. The area has been under siege for almost a month, denied basic aid and life-saving supplies while bombardment and other attacks continue. Just in the past few days, hundreds of Palestinians have been killed, most of them women and children, and thousands have once again been forcibly displaced. 

Hospitals have been almost entirely cut off from supplies and have come under attack, killing patients, destroying vital equipment, and disrupting life-saving services. Health workers and patients have been taken into custody. Fighting has also reportedly taken place inside hospitals. 

Dozens of schools serving as shelters have been bombed or forcibly evacuated. Tents sheltering displaced families have been shelled, and people have been burned alive. 

Rescue teams have been deliberately attacked and thwarted in their attempts to pull people buried under the rubble of their homes. 

The needs of women and girls are overwhelming and growing every day. We have lost contact with those we support and those who provide lifesaving essential services for sexual and reproductive health and gender-based violence. 

And we have received reports of civilians being targeted while trying to seek safety, and of men and boys being arrested and taken to unknown locations for detention. 

Livestock are also dying, crop lands have been destroyed, trees burned to the ground, and agrifood systems infrastructure has been decimated. 

The entire Palestinian population in North Gaza is at imminent risk of dying from disease, famine and violence. 

Humanitarian aid cannot keep up with the scale of the needs due to the access constraints. Basic, life-saving goods are not available. Humanitarians are not safe to do their work and are blocked by Israeli forces and by insecurity from reaching people in need. 

In a further blow to the humanitarian response, the polio vaccination campaign has been delayed due to the fighting, putting the lives of children in the region at risk. 

And this week, the Israeli Parliament adopted legislation that would ban UNRWA and revoke its privileges and immunities. If implemented, such measures would be a catastrophe for the humanitarian response in Gaza, diametrically opposed to the United Nations Charter, with potential dire impacts on the human rights of the millions of Palestinians depending on UNRWA’s assistance, and in violation of Israel’s obligations under international law. 

Let us be very clear: There is no alternative to UNRWA. 

The blatant disregard for basic humanity and for the laws of war must stop. 

International humanitarian law, including the rules of distinction, proportionality and precautions, must be respected. IHL obligations do not depend on reciprocity. No violation by one party ever releases the other from its legal obligations. 

Attacks against civilians and what remains of civilian infrastructure in Gaza must stop. 

Humanitarian relief must be facilitated, and we urge all parties to provide unimpeded access to affected people. Additionally, commercial goods must be allowed to enter Gaza. 

The wounded and sick must receive the care they need. Medical personnel and hospitals must be spared. Hospitals should not turn into battlegrounds. 

Unlawfully detained Palestinians must be released. 

Israel must comply with the provisional orders and determinations of the International Court of Justice. 

Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups must release the hostages immediately and unconditionally and must abide by international humanitarian law. 

Member States must use their leverage to ensure respect for international law. This includes withholding arms transfers where there is a clear risk that such arms will be used in violation of international law. 

The entire region is on the edge of a precipice. An immediate cessation of hostilities and a sustained, unconditional ceasefire are long overdue. 

Signatories: 

• Ms. Joyce Msuya, Acting Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) 

• Ms. Nimo Hassan, MBE, Chair, International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA) 

• Mr. Jamie Munn, Executive Director, International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA) 

• Ms. Amy E. Pope, Director General, International Organization for Migration (IOM) 

• Mr. Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) 

• Ms. Abby Maxman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Oxfam 
  

• Ms. Paula Gaviria Betancur, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons (SR on HR of IDPs) 

• Mr. Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 

• Ms. Anacláudia Rossbach, Executive Director, United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat) 

• Mr. Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 

• Dr. Natalia Kanem, Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) 

• Ms. Catherine Russell, Executive Director, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) 

• Ms. Sima Bahous, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN Women 

• Ms. Cindy McCain, Executive Director, World Food Programme (WFP) 

• Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO)