In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), water is being referred to as the “new blue gold” as rivers and natural aquifers get rapidly depleted amid a warming climate and overexploitation of reserves, depriving farmers of the means to irrigate their crops and hydrate their livestock.
There is no power, water or fuel in Gaza, and food is running dangerously low, Griffiths said, urging all countries with influence to use it to ensure respect for the rules of war, and avoid further escalation.
The actions and rhetoric by Hamas and Israel in the past few days is “extremely alarming, unacceptable,” Griffiths said.
Civilians and civilian infrastructure must protected, he said.
The Foreign Ministry asked Beirut’s mission to the UN to raise concerns over what it described as a “flagrant violation and a crime against freedom of opinion and press.”
Abdullah’s funeral in his hometown on Saturday was attended by hundreds of people.