Recently, Israel has denied fewer humanitarian movements, but the approved missions “still take hours and the teams have been forced to wait on roads which are often dangerous, congestioned or impassable”, the United Nations Coordination Office Ochha said in his last update.
Between August 6 and 12, humanitarian workers made 81 attempts to coordinate the planned movements with the Israeli authorities, in particular to transfer fuel and staff.
Challenges to help delivery
Of this number, 35 were facilitated, 29 were initially approved but then hampered in the field, 12 were refused and five had to be removed by the organizers.
However, 14 of the missions that had been confronted with obstructions ended up continuing.
Almost three years have passed since hostilities broke out in Gaza following the attacks led by Hamas against Israel, which left around 1,200 dead.
Some 250 others – Israelis and foreign – were taken hostage. It is believed that 50 people are still detained in Gaza, including some who have been declared dead.
Desperate time, desperate measures
Famine in the enclave has now been at its highest level since the start of the conflict, according to The world gastronomic program (Wfp).
The update quotes the The Gaza health authorities, who documented 235 deaths related to malnutrition, including 106 childrenFrom August 13.
Despite the dissemination of hunger, the convoys of aid are limited every day and that the dangers persist while the trucks travel through the enclave ravaged by the war.
” In addition, Desperate crowds often unload the food supplies of trucks to feed their families – while looting also prevents the aid from reaching its planned destinations“Said Ocha.
Last month, the WFP collected 1,012 trucks carrying nearly 13,000 metric tonnes of food from Kerem Shalom and Zikim border passages with Israel. Only 10 arrived in the warehouses and the rest was discharged on the way.
Risks of food help to spoil
Although WFP and partners have enough food in the region or went there to feed the 2.1 million people in Gaza for at least three months, “the risk of deterioration and infestation of failed food supplies has increased considerably and some of them approach their expiration dates.”
Humanitarian workers continue to put pressure so that more aid and commercial goods are allowed to enter Gaza. Although more food is between, quality and quantity remain insufficient to meet the immense needs.
As of August 10, 81 community kitchens were preparing 324,000 individual meals per day – a “notable increase” compared to the 259,000 daily meals prepared two weeks ago, but below the more than a million daily meals distributed in April.
The heat is lit
Meanwhile, a heat wave aggravates the conditions because Gaza is currently experiencing temperatures that exceed 40 ° C or 104 ° F.
United Nations Palestine refugee agency UNRWA warned that dehydration increases due to the very limited water available.
As part of its current efforts to help the inhabitants of Gaza, UNRWA has provided water, sanitation and hygiene emergency services to around 1.7 million people Since the start of the war.
Temperatures skyrocketing because hundreds of thousands of gasans have no protection against heat. An Israeli ban on the entrance to shelter equipment has been in force for five months.
Ochha note That “almost everyone in Gaza has been moved at least once since the start of the war, and the makeshift shelters that they have managed to improvise or acquire have often been exhausted or abandoned in the precipitation to flee.”
Fear for Gaza City
In recent days, air strikes and bombings have intensified in some parts of Gaza City while attacks also continue to Deir Al-Balah and Khan Younis, who have led to a large number of victims.
“If the Israeli field operation announced in Gaza City advances, thousands of families who have already endured appalling humanitarian conditions could be pushed on the edge,” warned the agency.
A staggered 86% of the territory of Gaza is now found in Israeli-militarized areas or under travel orders, and humanitarian workers do not have both access and supplies to meet their needs.
Originally published at Almouwatin.com
