Al Jazeera
Philippe Lazzarini, head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), says Gaza has been “the battleground of a fierce and rampant information war”.
“Disinformation continues to be used as a tool to distract from the atrocities in the war-torn enclave,” he said, adding that UNRWA was the first target followed by other UN agencies, the media, and health facilities.
Lazzarini said the recent denial of famine in Gaza, as well as the dismissal of genocide findings by a UN commission of inquiry released this week, are examples of efforts to undermine expert assessments and “promote narratives denying atrocities and dehumanising Palestinians”.
He called for international journalists to be allowed into Gaza to support their Palestinian colleagues, whose reporting he described as “heroic”, adding their voices risk being “silenced” as Israeli attacks expand.
“Disinformation continues to be used as a tool to distract from the atrocities in the war-torn enclave,” he said, adding that UNRWA was the first target followed by other UN agencies, the media, and health facilities.
Lazzarini said the recent denial of famine in Gaza, as well as the dismissal of genocide findings by a UN commission of inquiry released this week, are examples of efforts to undermine expert assessments and “promote narratives denying atrocities and dehumanising Palestinians”.
He called for international journalists to be allowed into Gaza to support their Palestinian colleagues, whose reporting he described as “heroic”, adding their voices risk being “silenced” as Israeli attacks expand.
