It was worse than the “horrors” of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia in the 1970s, according to the UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, and worse than the “awful scenes” he saw during the civil war in Syria a few years ago.
Martin Griffiths said to News’s Yalda Hakim that it’s because “people can’t escape.” They are unable to flee Gaza because they are confined there.
“I think this is the worst [crisis] in my 50 years of experience.”
It was worse than the “horrors” of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia in the 1970s, according to the UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, and worse than the “awful scenes” he saw during the civil war in Syria a few years ago.
He made a comparison between the state of affairs in Gaza and the ongoing conflict in Sudan, saying that “the suffering is quite likely on a similar scene” there. However, despite the fact that eight million people have been displaced, only 1.5 million have fled the nation in northeast Africa.
It’s a decision that people can make, but I’m not saying it’s a great thing. In Gaza, one cannot make this decision,” he declared.
