UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said People are in motion again after Israel has placed the whole city under travel orders. Aid Partners recorded more than 25,000 trips between Sunday to Wednesday.
Some critical services have already been suspended while certain humanitarian facilities have undergone serious damage, disturbing operations and providing essential services.
Aid Partners Suspend activities
“Our partners working on health, indicate that some of them had to suspend activities in primary health centers, while partners working on nutrition say that 12 external therapeutic sites out of 49 interrupted the services in the middle of the current air strikes in Gaza City,” he said,
At least two community kitchens also suspended operations and three others had to move to the city.
In addition, United Nations partners working on education fear that 95 temporary learning sites in the north of Gaza serving around 25,000 children can run a risk of imminent closure due to command of travel and continuous insecurity.
Malnutrition of children worsen
United Nations Child Rights Agency Unicef a also warned This child malnutrition in the Gaza Strip continues to worsen at an alarming rate.
The percentage of children identified as blew in an acute way increased to 13.5% in August, compared to 8.3% in July – or 12,800 boys and girls.
Mr. Dujarric said that UNICEF worked to increase the entry of essential nutrition supplies and distribute them, alongside nutritional partners, in around 140 sites through the Gaza Strip.
“While stocks of ready-to-use therapeutic foods have recently increased, the current quantities of other critical nutrition supplies for infants and pregnant women and breastfeeding are fully insufficient,” he said.
Meanwhile, almost half of all functional hospitals are located in Gaza City, including half of all the beds of the intensive care unit for the entire Gaza Strip, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
The Israeli offensive already underway, the Gaza Strip cannot afford to lose these remaining facilities, said the United Nations Agency.
Obstacles to help delivery continue
These developments occur while delays and obstacles to humanitarian movements within Gaza continue.
The missions still take long hours to finish, even when they are approved in advance by the Israeli authorities, which means that the teams have no choice but to wait on roads which are often dangerous or congestioned.
In addition, the United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs Coordination (Ochha) recently observed an increase in the refusal of the participation of Palestinian staff in the missions, including drivers and staff.
Mr. Dujarric noted that refusals are often communicated at the last minute, resulting in operational delays because the alternatives must be quickly identified.
“What we need is complete facilitation of the work and movement of humanitarian actors in and throughout the Gaza Strip. This must include unhindered access to the north and south, “he said, adding that” each delay can cost lives “.
Originally published at Almouwatin.com
