Irish Examiner view: Where will horror in Gaza all end?
Palestinians carry sacks of flour unloaded from a humanitarian aid convoy that reached Gaza City from the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday. Picture: Jehad Alshrafi/AP
Only the wilfully ignorant would disagree with UN secretary general Antonio Guterres when he describes Gaza as “a horror show”. UNRWA commissioner general Philippe Lazzarini, meanwhile, says Gaza, still subject to a blockade by Israel, is “hell on Earth” and that the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid sites are “a sadistic death trap”.
Mr Guterres told the UN security council: “Now we are seeing the last gasp of a humanitarian system built on humanitarian principles. That system is being denied the conditions to function. Denied the space to deliver. Denied the safety to save lives.”
