UN relief head Martin Griffiths stated on Thursday that the situation in Gaza is a “travesty” and that it is a wildfire that might spread throughout the area. He said, “The United Nations cannot be part of unilateral proposal to push Palestinians into so-called safe zones,” at the opening of a humanitarian conference on Gaza in Paris. According to Al Jazeera, the Israeli military on Thursday named 29-year-old Eliahou Elmakayes as the most recent combat casualty in Gaza. Elmakayes was an engineer in the corps, and the military claims he was killed in the combat on Wednesday. Three other people suffered critical injuries in the interim.