Lazzarini: Israel turned Gaza into ‘graveyard of children and starving people’
7/11/2025 4:12:30 PM
Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), has accused Israel of engineering the “most cruel and Machiavellian scheme to kill” in Gaza, in an outraged response to the killing of nine children who were in line for food supplements.
In a post on social media platform X, Lazzarini said that Gaza had become “the graveyard” of children [and] starving people”.
“No way out. Their choice is between 2 deaths: starvation or being [shot] at,” he said. “The most cruel & machiavellian scheme to kill, in total impunity.”
The international community’s norms and values were “being buried” in Gaza, he said, warning that inaction would “bring more chaos”.
Lazzarini was reacting to the Israeli military’s killing of 15 people, including nine children and four women, as they waited in line for nutritional supplements in the city of Deir el-Balah in central Gaza yesterday.
In a post on social media platform X, Lazzarini said that Gaza had become “the graveyard” of children [and] starving people”.
“No way out. Their choice is between 2 deaths: starvation or being [shot] at,” he said. “The most cruel & machiavellian scheme to kill, in total impunity.”
The international community’s norms and values were “being buried” in Gaza, he said, warning that inaction would “bring more chaos”.
Lazzarini was reacting to the Israeli military’s killing of 15 people, including nine children and four women, as they waited in line for nutritional supplements in the city of Deir el-Balah in central Gaza yesterday.