Kate Phillips Barrasso, Mercy Corps’ vice president for global policy and spokeswoman, said Thursday that time is running out for Gaza. This statement comes ahead of a vote in the UN Security Council on aid to Gaza, a vote that was postponed three times.
– Gaza no longer has time. “We need a resolution calling for a cessation of hostilities, so we can actually get aid to people who are hungry and whose basic needs have not been covered for two months,” Phillips-Barasso said. Watchman.
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Hell on earth
The misery in Gaza is endless for those trapped in what has become “hell on earth,” says WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in a statement on X.
He adds that he has lost count of the times he thought that the crisis in Gaza could not worsen any further.
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In addition to the shortages of food, water and fuel, the situation around health facilities in Gaza is critical.
“There are no hospitals operating at full capacity in Gaza today,” a statement from the WHO regional office said.
– The health system in Gaza is in urgent need of revitalization, they write.
Out of 36 hospitals, only four have the capacity to operate. Nine hospitals are partially operating, while the majority, 23 hospitals, are completely closed.
Detained paramedics
There are continuing new reports of attacks on hospitals and civilians in Gaza. Last Monday, Al-Shifa Hospital, the largest hospital in the Gaza Strip, was subjected to an air strike.
Pictures from the scene show several lifeless people on the ground in the hospital area.
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On Thursday, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society announced that communications with the Jabalia Ambulance Center in the northern Gaza Strip had been cut off.
He added: “We received reports that Israeli forces entered the center two hours ago, arrested the crews and paramedics, and took them to an unknown location.” Women and children remain trapped alone inside,” the Palestine Red Crescent Society wrote in a message at 6:30 p.m.
-It could hardly get worse
According to a number of organizations, the situation in Gaza is completely inhumane. A United Nations report shows that a quarter of Gaza’s population is now suffering from famine.
In total, 576,000 Palestinians are now suffering from catastrophic famine because not enough emergency aid has been allowed in.
It couldn’t get worse, says Arif Hussain, chief economist at the World Food Program (WFP).
– I have never seen anything similar to what is happening now in Gaza. At this speed and on this scale.
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After the Hamas attack on October 7, Israel stopped all shipments of food, water, medicine and fuel to Gaza.
After intense pressure from the United States and aid organizations, some supplies have since been opened, but according to the United Nations, these supplies only cover 10 percent of the needs in the besieged strip of land.
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