The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that nearly one million people in Gaza City are facing bombardment and hardships that threaten the very means of survival.

The office added that some facilities in Gaza City have been forced to suspend their services and are at risk of shutting down, noting that 540 humanitarian workers in the Strip have been killed since the start of Israel’s war of extermination.

The office called for a ceasefire, the protection of civilians, and the expansion of humanitarian aid access.