
Despite the obstacles, the United Nations and its partners continue to provide assistance in Gaza. The problem is that the fighting has not stopped, and the aid is insufficient.
- Europe and Arabs
- Friday , 12 July 2024 7:28 AM GMT
Gaza: Europe and the Arabs
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said that it and its partners are continuing the humanitarian response wherever and whenever possible in Gaza, despite ongoing hostilities, access restrictions, impassable roads, fuel shortages and a lack of public order and safety, all of which are clearly hampering operations. Humanity. According to what was stated in the daily news bulletin of the United Nations, a copy of which we received this morning
The office added in its latest update that the World Food Program has helped about a quarter of a million people in Gaza so far this month, and that it provided food rations to more than a million people in the Strip during the month of June.
However, limited food stocks in central and southern Gaza forced the World Food Program to reduce its quotas last month, he explained, with some areas receiving only wheat flour so far this month.
The program worked with dozens of community kitchens in Gaza to provide about 1.8 million hot meals to people in central and southern Gaza, as well as Gaza City. The program warned that the supplies needed to provide this aid will run out within a few days unless more supplies are received.
Threatening people's health
Meanwhile, OCHA said that it and humanitarian partners were providing important support to displaced people crossing from northern to southern Gaza, following the latest instructions from Israel for people to leave Gaza City. This includes water, hot meals, food parcels, and health and nutritional support, he added.
In turn, the World Health Organization said that the additional evacuation orders issued by Israel threaten the health of people who have already suffered greatly. The organization's Director-General, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, said that Al-Ahli Hospital and the Patient's Friends Hospital in northern Gaza are out of service.
The organization explained that more than 10,000 patients still need to be evacuated from the Gaza Strip because they cannot receive the necessary treatment inside the Strip.
Insufficient aid
United Nations spokesman Stephane Dujarric was asked in his daily press conference whether the problem lay in bringing aid into Gaza or distributing it within the Strip. He said that the problem was the continuation of fighting and the failure to reach a ceasefire yet. He added, "The problem is that we still do not have access to all parts of Gaza. The problem is that the level of coordination is not what we want. The problem is that the hostages have not been released."
He warned that there is not enough aid reaching the people who need it most.
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