We will never leave the people of Gaza, says UN’s top aid official

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An all-out Israeli invasion of Rafah could force the closure of the aid lifeline from Rafah, “but we will never leave the people of Gaza”, UN emergency relief chief Martin Griffiths said on Tuesday.

His expression of solidarity with Gazans came amid deepening concerns among humanitarians and the international community about the fate of some 1.5 million civilians uprooted by more than four months of heavy Israeli bombardment in the enclave, sparked by Hamas-led attacks in Israel on 7 October.

Mr. Griffiths reiterated that it was an “illusion” to say that anywhere was safe in Gaza, but that UN aid teams and their partners would do their utmost to help displaced civilians, wherever they decided to seek shelter.

“We are completely attached to their survival,” he told UN News’s Daniel Johnson