[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Drop Site [@DropSiteNews](/creator/twitter/DropSiteNews) on x 172.4K followers Created: 2025-07-20 19:34:54 UTC NEW: Israel Expels Senior UN Humanitarian Official for Exposing Starvation and War Crimes in Gaza Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar has confirmed that he ordered the expulsion of Jonathan Whittall, the head of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the occupied Palestinian territories, refusing to extend his visa. The decision comes amid growing international condemnation of Israel’s starvation siege and military assault on Gaza. Sa’ar accused Whittall of “bias” and “slander,” claiming the UN official violated neutrality standards—an increasingly common Israeli charge against humanitarian agencies that document its abuses. “There’s a limit to every scheme,” Sa’ar wrote, referring to OCHA’s reporting on Israel’s systematic targeting of civilians and obstruction of aid. Whittall, who has split his time between Gaza and Jerusalem, has stated that Gaza’s aid sites are “created to kill,” describing the conditions on the ground as “weaponized hunger” and “a death sentence for people just trying to survive.” Whittall also accompanied Red Crescent teams as they uncovered the bodies of XX Palestinian medical workers who were executed at close range by Israeli troops and buried in Rafah. Whittall is not the only target. Visas for at least two other senior UN officials, including from UNRWA and the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR), have also gone unrenewed in recent months—a move the UN says is clearly retaliatory. UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher told the Security Council last week that Israeli authorities are openly limiting visas for UN staff in direct response to their work protecting civilians. He described conditions in Gaza as “beyond vocabulary,” and said Palestinians are being shot while trying to reach food. Israel’s representatives have doubled down, accusing UN agencies of abandoning neutrality and echoing long-standing allegations—without evidence—linking humanitarian groups to Hamas. Israel’s growing crackdown on humanitarian oversight is seen by observers as part of a broader campaign to silence independent reporting and obscure evidence of war crimes and genocide in Gaza. XXXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [visa](/topic/visa) [gaza](/topic/gaza) [israel](/topic/israel) [Post Link](https://x.com/DropSiteNews/status/1947017392124579845)
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NEW: Israel Expels Senior UN Humanitarian Official for Exposing Starvation and War Crimes in Gaza
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar has confirmed that he ordered the expulsion of Jonathan Whittall, the head of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the occupied Palestinian territories, refusing to extend his visa.
The decision comes amid growing international condemnation of Israel’s starvation siege and military assault on Gaza.
Sa’ar accused Whittall of “bias” and “slander,” claiming the UN official violated neutrality standards—an increasingly common Israeli charge against humanitarian agencies that document its abuses. “There’s a limit to every scheme,” Sa’ar wrote, referring to OCHA’s reporting on Israel’s systematic targeting of civilians and obstruction of aid.
Whittall, who has split his time between Gaza and Jerusalem, has stated that Gaza’s aid sites are “created to kill,” describing the conditions on the ground as “weaponized hunger” and “a death sentence for people just trying to survive.”
Whittall also accompanied Red Crescent teams as they uncovered the bodies of XX Palestinian medical workers who were executed at close range by Israeli troops and buried in Rafah.
Whittall is not the only target. Visas for at least two other senior UN officials, including from UNRWA and the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR), have also gone unrenewed in recent months—a move the UN says is clearly retaliatory.
UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher told the Security Council last week that Israeli authorities are openly limiting visas for UN staff in direct response to their work protecting civilians. He described conditions in Gaza as “beyond vocabulary,” and said Palestinians are being shot while trying to reach food.
Israel’s representatives have doubled down, accusing UN agencies of abandoning neutrality and echoing long-standing allegations—without evidence—linking humanitarian groups to Hamas.
Israel’s growing crackdown on humanitarian oversight is seen by observers as part of a broader campaign to silence independent reporting and obscure evidence of war crimes and genocide in Gaza.
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