The United Nations appoints a humanitarian coordinator in Gaza Israel says it faces seven "fronts".
Wang Yijun. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced on the 26th that Sigrid Kag, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of the Netherlands, was appointed as the Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator of the Gaza Strip, responsible for the coordination of humanitarian supplies in the Gaza Strip.
On the same day, Israel's defense minister said that the Israeli army is currently facing seven "fronts," including the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, Lebanon, and Iraq.
United Nations "Point Generals"].
Guterres announced on the 26th that Kag will take up his duties on January 8 next year and will be responsible for promoting, coordinating, monitoring and verifying the delivery of humanitarian relief supplies to the Gaza Strip, and establishing a United Nations mechanism to accelerate the delivery of humanitarian relief supplies to the Gaza Strip through non-conflict.
Guterres said Karg has extensive experience in political, humanitarian and development affairs, as well as diplomacy.
According to a number of ** reports, Karg is 62 years old, speaks Dutch, German, French and other languages, and has many years of work experience in the Middle East and other regions. She has served as Minister for Development Cooperation, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, and since January 2022 as Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands and the country's first female Chancellor of the Exchequer.
In addition to his political experience in the Netherlands, Kaag has held a number of senior positions at the United Nations, including the United Nations Special Coordinator in Lebanon and the Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations Development Programme.
In July this year, Kag was about to withdraw from the Netherlands due to the "hatred, intimidation and threats" he suffered that had placed a "heavy burden" on his family. In an interview with Euronews** in October, she said she had received numerous death threats as deputy prime minister and chancellor of the exchequer. As a mother of four, she prioritizes her family's safety.
The Israeli army fought on multiple fronts].
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Hezi Al-Halevi said on the 26th that Israel's attack on the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) will continue for several months. He said there was "no silver bullet or shortcut" in the fight against Hamas, only a determined and sustained fight.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoaf Galant said at the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on the same day that the Israeli army is currently facing seven "fronts": the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, and Iran, and the Israeli army has carried out military operations on six of these "fronts."
On the 26th, the Israeli army expanded its ground operations in the central Gaza Strip and demanded that people in some areas, including the Buraij refugee camp, be evacuated to the Deir al-Balah area. According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, there are currently more than 610,000 displaced people sheltered.
On the Israeli-Lebanese border, exchanges of fire between Israeli forces and Lebanese Allah continue. The Israeli army said on the 26th that the Lebanese Allah party fired an anti-tank missile at the Israeli side, injuring nine Israeli soldiers. Lebanese Allah said it had launched numerous attacks on Israeli troops and positions, and that Israeli military camps had been attacked by Lebanese missiles.
In the direction of the Red Sea, Yemen's Houthi rebels admitted on the 26th that they fired ** missiles at a merchant ship sailing in the southern waters of the Red Sea on the same day. Since the outbreak of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict on October 7, Yemen's Houthi rebels have launched frequent missile and drone attacks on Israel on the pretext of supporting Palestine, and have continuously attacked ships "associated with Israel" in the Red Sea waters.
On the 25th, Saeed Razi Mousavi, a senior commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who served as a military adviser in Syria, was killed in an Israeli missile attack near the Syrian capital Damascus. Iran vowed that Israel would "pay the price" for Mousavi's death. (End) (Special article by Xinhua News Agency).