Winter is a quick supply and strong Israeli military operations in progress in Gaza City continues to drive mass trips.
“It is important that we obtain this ceasefire, then we get help not only to prevent famine which continues to move south, but also to ensure that children and families are safe”, UN children’s funds (Unicef) Ricardo Pires spokesman told journalists in Geneva.
Pires pointed out that the drop in temperatures in the devastated enclave will create “a whole range of problems”, including health challenges for children and their families.
Al Mawasi overload
He underlined the “massive” displacement that occurs while people flee from north to south. The conditions are disastrous in the colony of overcrowded coastal tents in Al-Mawasi which “simply cannot absorb the amount of people who move in”.
“We are talking about hundreds of thousands of people, or 400,000 displaced,” he insisted.
According to the United Nations Coordination Office (Ochha), only about 18% of the Gaza strip is not subject to travel orders or located in militarized areas.
People who have lost their houses desperately need shelter and UNICEF has 11,000 tents as well as tarpaulins “waiting to enter” at the strip, said Mr. Pires.
“We cannot obtain these supplies … This simply shows how the conditions in terms of logistics and facilitation of the aid continue to be very, very poor”, ” He said.
Echoing his comments, the OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke stressed that the ability of the humanitarian workers to distribute Gaza aid is still compromised. Aid was able to enter, he said, stressing the fact that community kitchens were “restored to a certain extent”, with some 660,000 meals prepared and delivered in 137 kitchens through the enclave last Sunday.
Convoys have always refused access
But the ability to put help in the hands of people depends on the authorization of the humanitarian workers to collect and deliver it.
“Sometimes it works, sometimes this is not the case,” said Mr. Laerke, that is, because of non-available by the Israeli party or for other reasons.
The UN previously declared that on Sunday, more than 40% of the humanitarian missions which require coordination with the Israeli army have been refused.
“Much of the aid that came recently, which was picked up, has been removed from trucks by desperate people and in some cases by armed groups,” added Mr. Laerke d’Ocha.
He called the current “chaotic” situation and underlined the “absolute” need for a cease-fire as soon as possible so that the humanitarian workers can resume “a well coordinated and well coordinated help operation”.
Originally published at Almouwatin.com
