Ross Smith, director of preparation and response to emergency, Ross, informed journalists in New York following a fatal incident on Sunday during which dozens of civilians were killed and injured while waiting to access food as Wfp Conveyed entered the north of Gaza.

“Yesterday’s incident is one of the largest tragedies we have seen for our operations in Gaza and elsewhere while we are trying to work,” he said, speaking of Rome.

“And it’s completely preventable, and it’s an absolute tragedy,” he added.

Famine and malnutrition conditions

The Gaza population amounts to around 2.1 million and earlier this year, food security experts warned that one in five people faced famine.

Smith said that WFP assessments show that a quarter of the population is facing famine conditions. Nearly 100,000 women and children suffer from acute serious malnutrition and need treatment as soon as possible.

Stressing reports, he said that “people are dying for lack of humanitarian aid every day, and we see it degenerating day by day.”

He stressed that food aid and humanitarian aid more widely, are “the only solution for the moment” for Gaza.

Minimum operating conditions

Smith said that humanitarian workers have a set of minimum operating conditions that must be in place so that they can work effectively.

These include points in Gaza, “appropriate routing” inside the enclave so that the teams can move independently and the entrance to more than 100 aid trucks per day.

“We must also have armed players near the food distribution points, near our convoys and close to the movement of these convoys from one place to another,” he continued, while stressing the need to reach people where they are and not in otherwise predetermined places.

“And I would especially say that we have had agreements in principle on these things, but we did not have any membership of them in practice in Gaza herself. And this is really where the rupture is, and this is where we see incidents as (yesterday) take place, “he said.

Ceasefire now

Mr. Smith also underlined the critical need for a ceasefire “so that we can move effectively”.

In response to the question of a journalist, he said that WFP had moved more than 200 assistance trucks per day in Gaza during the ceasefire earlier this year. Since mid-May, he has been able to move less than 10% of what is necessary.

He said that the United Nations agency has sufficiently pre-positioned stocks outside Gaza to provide the whole population for two months “if we can get a ceasefire and if we can move. »»

These strikes occurred while the United Nations mission to support the Hudaydah agreement -Created in 2018 to support the ceasefire between the government of Yemen and the Houthis-patrolled in places in the northern parts of the port.

The secretary general also expressed a deep concern about missiles and drones of drones led by Houthis against Israel.

Risk of new escalation

Concerned about the risk of a new escalation, the UN recalled that international law, as well as international humanitarian law, should be respected by all parties at any time, including the obligations to respect and protect civil infrastructure.

“The secretary general remains deeply concerned about the risk of a new escalation in the region,” said Dujarric.

While the UN chief reiterated his call for “all the persons involved in ceasing all military actions and to exercise maximum reservoir”, he also renewed his appeal to the immediate and unconditional liberation of all the United Nations and other members of the staff arbitrarily detained by the Houthi authorities.

Sudan: the crisis is getting worse while cholera and floods must be higher

The humanitarian crisis in Sudan continues to deepen as cholera spreads, flooding moves communities and thousands of people return to areas without support, according to the United Nations Bureau for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ochha).

In the locality of Tawiola, in the state of Darfur du Nord, more than 1,300 confirmed cases of cholera in just a week were reported on Sunday by an association of Sudanese doctors.

Although local and international partners have set up cholera treatment centers, the current capacity is far from sufficient to deal with the increasing workload.

While Tawila welcomes several hundred thousand displaced people, the partners in the field have trouble keeping the pace of increasing needs, especially as such needs should increase as the next rainy season sets up.

Vulnerable return

Everywhere in Sudan, people who return to their communities are faced with serious challenges, including the lack of essential services and the threat posed by the explosive remains of the war.

In the state of the white Nile, some residents began to come back after being moved for a year. However, an evaluation of the OCHA and its partners last week revealed that health, water, sanitation and hygiene support are urgently necessary, even more before the rainy season.

Likewise, in East Sudan, OCHA warns that many families returning to the state of Kassala have trouble facing the impact of heavy rains and floods, while heavy rains destroyed more than 280 houses in the village of Tirik earlier in July.

In addition, while insecurity continues to interfere with the work of humanitarian workers, the challenges faced by repatriated families often lead them to return to travel sites, undergoing the sustainability of return efforts.

In this context, the OCHA called for increased international support to meet the arrow needs of Sudan.

Ukraine: at least 20 civilians would have been killed in recent attacks

In Ukraine, attacks during the weekend and Monday would have killed more than 20 civilians and injured more than 100 other people, including several children, according to the authorities.

The strikes affected the capital kyiv, as well as the western and first -line regions, harmful houses, schools and a health facility.

In Kyiv, a kindergarten, metro stations, stores and residential buildings was affected.

The Ivano-Frakivsk region in western Ukraine, which welcomed many displaced people and had been less affected by hostilities, suffered the greatest attack since the Russian invasion on a large scale in February 2022.

First line regions

Meanwhile, in areas close to the fronts of the Donetsk, Dnipro and Kherson regions, hostilities have caused civilian victims and other damage to schools, a health facility and apartments. Odesa, Kharkiv, Sumy and other regions also said that houses and stores had been destroyed.

With the support of the United Nations agencies and coordination with local authorities and first respondents, humanitarian organizations in the field continue to provide shelter equipment, non -food articles, legal aid, psychosocial support and assistance to children across the country.

More than 93,000 Syrians have been moved through SweidaThe governor of Dar’a Voisin and Rural Damascus due to the climbing of violence in the city, said UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric, during the daily newspaper on Monday in New York.

Sweida’s most displaced people remain with local communities or in one of the 15 reception centers, while around 30 collective shelters opened in Dar’a.

Infrastructure and services suffer in the region. Some Sweida Hospitals and Health Centers are out of service, water infrastructure has been seriously damaged, significant electricity cuts have been reported and access to food is disrupted.

Delivery of initial aid

On Sunday, the first aid convoy deployed by the Syrian Arab Arab Croissant reached Sweida and the Salkhad district in the city, where most displaced people are looking for security.

The convoy of 32 trucks carried food, water, medical supplies and fuel provided by the World Food Program (Wfp), the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) and other partners.

The United Nations Coordinator of the United Nations Tom Fletcher welcomed This initial delivery on social networks, claiming that it was a “first step desperately necessary, but much more relief is necessary”.

Mr. Dujarric stressed that, as the UN is committed to the relevant parties to facilitate humanitarian access and ensure the protection of civilians, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ochha) Work with the authorities to facilitate a direct visit to Sweida to provide assistance when the security conditions allow.

Mr. Fletcher echoes this feeling, saying that the Ocha teams “are mobilized to move as much as possible”.

“We continue to urge all the parties to protect people who have been taken in violence, including by allowing them to freely move to security and medical assistance,” concluded Dujarric.

Stéphane Dujarric addressed journalists at the UN headquarters in New York one day after dozens of Palestinians were killed in search of food aid.

He said the Secretary -General deplored growing children and adults suffering from malnutrition and strongly condemned current violence, including shooting, murder and injury of people who are trying to have food.

Not a target

“” Civilians must be protected and respected, and they should never be targeted“Said Mr. Dujarric, noting that the population of Gaza remains seriously underemployed with the basic necessities of life.

He stressed that “Israel has the obligation to authorize and facilitate all means at its disposal the humanitarian recovery provided by the United Nations and other humanitarian organizations.”

Dujarric said the Secretary -General noted that recent hostilities intensified while the humanitarian system in Gaza is hampered, mined and threatened.

New evacuation orders

He underlined a new evacuation order issued for certain parts of Deir al-Balah, which pushes people in more desperate conditions and arouses additional displacement, while restricting the capacity of the UN to provide aid.

He reported that two UN guest houses in Deir al-Balah had been struck, despite the informed parties of their location.

“They have suffered damage,” he said, answering the question of a journalist. “The UN staff inside was, to say the least, shaken. »»

Mr. Dujarric stressed that the UN intends to stay at Deir al-Balah.

 Ceasefire now

The secretary general reiterated his urgent call for the protection of civilians, including humanitarian staff, and for the supply of essential resources to ensure their survival.

He again called for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages.

Dujarric said the UN was ready to considerably increase its humanitarian operations in Gaza, adding that “time for a ceasefire is now”.

People who die of malnutrition

Shelter and fuel

Traditional critical aid systems: UN official

In Gaza City, families living in tents reveal a shared and dark reality.

Many have been forced to flee the fights of tens of times. Most are homeless and hungry while facing an uncertain future.

Khadija Manoun: Kitchen of the remains of life

Khadija Manoun said that she and her family had moved more than 20 times, from Jabalia in the north of the Gaza Strip in a building destroyed in west of Gaza, in search of a shelter. She had had a new fully furnished house, which she had built with a bank loan.

“I provided my house well, with tiles and electrical devices,” she said. “It’s been only three years since I had the house. Then the war came and everything was lost. ”

Today, everything has changed, said Ms. Manoun. Its spacious and fully equipped kitchen is now just a corner in the rubble, where a lonely soap dish borrowed from a neighbor is seated. Metal utensils have been replaced by plastic tea containers to serve 10 people.

The bathroom was reduced to a corner covered with pieces of fabric that had been blankets. His dressing room is now home to shreds.

“It is now my closet where I put everything,” she said. “I had a room that cost me 10,000 shekels.”

His family sleeps on simple mattresses. Drinking water is a luxury Khadija pursues, flowing between trucks, often returning with empty containers.

In the middle of all this, she sometimes remembers, scrolling the photos on her mobile phone from her old house and the meals they ate.

Badriya Barawi: exhausted by hunger

In his modest tent on the beach west of Gaza City, Badriya Barawi, Beit Lahia, is, arranging what remains of her life. Tears flow from his eyes.

“Have mercy on us,” she said. “We are fed up and exhausted, mentally and physically. We can no longer bear it. How long will this life continue? ”

She says her children cry from heat and hunger.

“We haven’t had bread for three days. This morning, I nourished children’s hummus, but is it enough for their stomach? said Ms. Barawi, who suffers from high blood pressure and diabetes.

She said she collapses daily for lack of food.

Hiyam Zayed: Garden of Broken Dreams

In a neighboring tent, Hiyam Zayed and his eight daughters eat a lens soup without bread. Describing her old house, she said there were six bedrooms and a garden.

“I was happy with me,” she said. “My daughters and I am amused there. They played on the roof or inside the rooms. We had a beautiful garden in front of the house, and we cultivated plants and ate its products and raised with chickens. My daughters were very happy. We have nourished the best food and dressed them in the best clothes. ”

She also said that she had a washing machine, a fully equipped kitchen and a “goodie” refrigerator.

Now everything has gone.

“No food, no washing machine, no feelings: we have become depressed,” she added.

“My daughters wear the worst clothes. I can’t find a way to bathe them. I used to light the water tap at home and the water would run to drink or bathe. Now we live in a tent in the sand. I light a fire to cook after getting used to gas. I borrow utensils. “

“How do we want to blame what happened and who is responsible?” Ms. Zayed asked. “What is my fault and the fault of my children when we move from one place to another and they die of hunger?”

Mass displacement

According to UN reports, more than two million Palestinians – the population of Gaza – live in around 15% of the strip area after the war, the general destruction of infrastructure and houses.

International organizations have warned that the continuation of the conflict is threatening to have short -term “catastrophic consequences”.

This includes a serious impact on the mental and physical health of children, the spread of the disease and the disintegration of social structures.

This in the midst of the absence of any clear path towards a political or humanitarian solution.