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On the 26th local time, several UN officials stated thatIsrael's frequent issuance of civilian evacuation orders in the Gaza Strip has had a serious impact on the United Nations' humanitarian aid work.

In a video interview, staff of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East said that as Israel continues to issue evacuation orders, civilians in Gaza are forced to live in smaller and smaller areas, the humanitarian situation is getting worse, and the United Nations' humanitarian operations have become increasingly restricted in the past few months.

Walter Bleich, spokesman for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in Gaza: No place is safe (in the Gaza Strip), and there are few ways to get humanitarian resources. Because humanitarian aid operations are also affected by these evacuation orders, humanitarian operations are completely blocked and our ability to provide assistance is limited.

Ross, Senior Deputy Director of the Gaza Region of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East: Our agency is working hard every day. Most of its staff live in tents. Their services to the local community will continue as long as possible. If one day we cannot continue, it will be a disaster because people will not be able to get medical and educational services, drinking water and hygiene products.

CCTV reporter Xu Dezhi: Earlier, a high-level UN official told reporters that the UN had to suspend its humanitarian aid transportation on the same day because of the evacuation order issued by Israel on the 25th in Deir al-Balah, which covered the important UN material center in Gaza. The official stressed that the UN will not leave Gaza. The UN is working hard to provide as much relief supplies as possible to the residents of Gaza.

UN Secretary-General's spokesman Stephane Dujarric: We have counted 16 evacuation orders (in August), which, as many people mentioned this morning (26th), make it almost impossible for us to continue our work. The work of protecting civilians is to ensure that civilians can have food, people can take a shower, get medicine, and meet the most basic needs for people to survive.

(CCTV News Client)