{"id":20464,"date":"2025-07-18T15:05:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T15:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=20464"},"modified":"2025-07-18T15:05:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T15:05:25","slug":"israel-denies-visas-to-un-gaza-chiefs-amid-genocide-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/07\/18\/israel-denies-visas-to-un-gaza-chiefs-amid-genocide-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Denies Visas to UN Gaza Chiefs Amid Genocide War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-Israel has refused to renew visas for the heads of at least three United Nations agencies operating in Gaza, a move attributed by UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Tom Fletcher to their efforts in trying to protect Palestinian civilians in the war-torn enclave.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"651\" data-end=\"779\">UN spokesperson St\u00e9phane Dujarric confirmed that visa renewals had not been granted in recent months for the country heads of:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"780\" data-end=\"990\">\n<li data-start=\"780\" data-end=\"850\">\n<p data-start=\"782\" data-end=\"850\">the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA),<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"851\" data-end=\"919\">\n<p data-start=\"853\" data-end=\"919\">the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR),<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"920\" data-end=\"990\">\n<p data-start=\"922\" data-end=\"990\">and the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"992\" data-end=\"1236\">In a briefing to the UN Security Council on Wednesday, Fletcher stated that the UN&#8217;s humanitarian mandate is not only about delivering aid and reporting observations from the ground, but also about advocating for international humanitarian law.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"992\" data-end=\"1236\">\u201cEvery time we report what we witness, we face threats of further restrictions on our access to the civilians we\u2019re trying to help,\u201d said Fletcher. \u201cNowhere is the challenge of balancing humanitarian advocacy with delivering aid more pronounced than in Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20197\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20197\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20197 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/990-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Israel denies visa renewals to UN agency heads in Gaza, UN officials say move retaliates against their efforts to protect civilians amid ongoing genocide. \" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/990-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/990-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/990-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/990-390x220.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/990.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20197\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UN accuses Israel of punishing agencies protecting Palestinian civilians, obstructing humanitarian operations in Gaza.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-start=\"1501\" data-end=\"1627\">He added that Israel is \u201cexplicitly blocking or shortening visa renewals in retaliation for our efforts to protect civilians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1629\" data-end=\"1885\">Israel&#8217;s genocidal war on Gaza has continued since October 7, 2023, killing 58,667 Palestinians and wounding around 140,000 \u2014 most of them children and women. The devastation includes near-total destruction of civilian infrastructure, homes, and hospitals.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1887\" data-end=\"2131\">According to the UN, Israel has killed about 300 of its personnel during the war and repeatedly attacked UN premises \u2014 particularly UNRWA facilities, whose operations have been aggressively targeted and eventually banned by Israeli authorities.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5676\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5676\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5676 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Israeli-plan-aims-to-remove-UNRWA-from-Gaza.jpg\" alt=\"According to the UN, Israel has killed about 300 of its personnel during the war and repeatedly attacked UN premises \u2014 particularly UNRWA facilities, whose operations have been aggressively targeted and eventually banned by Israeli authorities.\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Israeli-plan-aims-to-remove-UNRWA-from-Gaza.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Israeli-plan-aims-to-remove-UNRWA-from-Gaza-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Israeli-plan-aims-to-remove-UNRWA-from-Gaza-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Israeli-plan-aims-to-remove-UNRWA-from-Gaza-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5676\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Israel Denies Visas to UN Gaza Chiefs Amid Genocide War<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-start=\"2172\" data-end=\"2390\">Israel denies visa renewals to UN agency heads in Gaza, UN officials say move retaliates against their efforts to protect civilians amid ongoing genocide. UN reports rising restrictions and deadly attacks on its staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-Israel has refused to renew visas for the heads of at least three United Nations agencies operating in Gaza, a move attributed by UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Tom Fletcher to their efforts in trying to protect Palestinian civilians in the war-torn enclave. 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