October 7, 2023

• Statement by UN Special Coordinator For The Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland:
  "I am deeply concerned for the well-being of all civilians. I am in close contact with all concerned to urge maximum restraint and call on all sides to protect civilians. This is a dangerous precipice and I appeal to all to pull back from the brink.”
• Tweet by UN General Assembly President Dennis Francis:
  "I urge all parties to refrain from further violence & to seek an immediate path to peace."
• Tweet by Executive Director of UN Women Sima Bahous:
  "We call for immediate deescalation..."
• Statement by Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator:
  "Violence is never the answer. I appeal to all sides to stop the fighting immediately..."

• Tweet by UN Special Rapporteur for the Situation of Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese:
  "Today’s violence must be put in context. Almost six decades of hostile military rule over an entire civilian population (incomprehensibly ignored by too many official statements & media outlets) are in themselves an aggression, and the recipe for more insecurity for all."

• Tweet by the UN Committee on the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People:
  "@UNISPAL [Twitter account of the Committee] expresses concern by the alarming security situation prevailing in Israel & the Occupied Palestinian Territory."
• Tweet by Executive Director of UN Women Sima Bahous:
  "The escalation of hostilities in #Israel & the Occupied Palestinian Territory #OPT is gravely concerning."
• Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell:
  “Today’s events continue the trend of spikes in violence that have wracked Israel and the State of Palestine..."
• Statement by Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator:
  "I am extremely alarmed by the rapidly escalating events in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory. The number of civilian casualties on both sides is reportedly already in the hundreds – and rising rapidly."