Help for gaza endangered by looting and hunger
Help for gaza endangered by looting and hunger
The blockade of Israel about Gaza may have been partially canceled and a new To deliver humanitarian aid has started, but there are numerous indications that the situation of the people in Gaza quickly deteriorates.
Humanitarian crisis in Gaza
The United Nations and other aid organizations report the restrictions on the auxiliary routes, continuous air strikes, a lack of security and the constant displacement of tens of thousands of people. The relief goods that come to the area, running .
urgent need for humanitarian aid
"The people in Gaza are starving. This requires the immediate opening of all transitions and the granting of unhindered access for humanitarian organizations to provide great amounts of help and this over several routes," said the United Nations office for the coordination of humanitarian matters (OCHA) in his latest assessment.
A woman who tried to get food for her family on a newly furnished distribution point on Sunday told CNN: "We are so hungry that we are ready to take the risk of gunshot wound just to get a kilo of flour."
worrying statistics on nutrition
The number of children in Gaza who suffer from severe malnutrition increased on Saturday, while a lack of fuel was threatened to close the still functioning hospitals.
The Israeli authority, which is responsible for the inspection of the aid deliveries that came to Gaza, the coordinator of the government for activities in the areas (cogat) announced on Saturday that 350 trucks with humanitarian aid through the border crossing Kerem Shalom came into the Gaza strip - less than 20 percent of the volume of the goods, which is before the conflict to Gaza got.
challenges in the distribution of relief goods
Even the help that arrives often does not reach the most needy. The UN organizations report persistent difficulties to coordinate the distribution routes within Gazas with the Israeli military. Ocha said that five of 16 truck loads, which were available for distribution on Thursday, were rejected five, including fuel and water, and six did not reach their goal.
In addition, the looting of relief goods in Gaza has risen sharply in recent weeks.
"The operations face unprecedented security levels and a very high risk of looting, whereby partners report that most of the looting files are carried out by desperate civilians," said Ocha.
effects of uncertainty on the aid deliveries
Nahed Shehai bar, head of the private transport association in Gaza, said on Saturday that the transport of relief goods was “set for the third time in a row due to repeated attacks on trucks, including shots that have damaged several vehicles.”
Last week, the association reported that a driver was killed and another injured while trying to provide help. Nevertheless, Shehaibar was able to report on Sunday that 11 trucks with traders successfully reached retailers in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza.
Problems with the distribution by the Gaza Humanitrian Foundation
The distribution of relief goods by the Gaza Humanitrian Foundation (GHF), an auxiliary initiative supported by the USA and Israel, which started operating at the end of the last month, was overshadowed by security problems. A Last week, the dozens of people who are at one of the four GHF distribution points were looking for help, killed by Israeli fire when they gathered at the location before dawn.
On Sunday, the GHF announced that it operates three distribution locations - two in the south of Gazas and one in the center - to distribute food over 17,000 boxes. In addition, the GHF stated in its daily update that more than 10,000 meals were distributed to parish leaders north of Rafah, as part of a pilot project for "direct distribution to the community".
restrictions on food distribution
However, many people who came to the distribution point in Netzarim in the central Gaza went home empty -handed. Mohammad Salim reported to CNN: "I came at 6 a.m. and found nothing. What happens here is shameful. I keep an empty box - there is nothing in it, not even lenses."
He said that some people take more than necessary and complained that there was no distribution system based on identification, as was done by the UN. CNN has already reported that the GHF .
sensitive security situation
Nader Musleh, who ran from Al-Mawasi several kilometers, agreed. "Some people took five or ten boxes and there is no organization," he said. Mohammad Abu Akouz was one of several civilians who claimed that some people were injured when they came to the trade fair area because of Israeli tank shots.
An Israeli military officer announced that the Israeli forces had fired “warning shots” from a armored vehicle about one Kilometer from the distribution point. The official said the area was an active war zone.
threats for humanitarian helpers
The GHF stated that it could not open its locations on Saturday, since Hamas made impending announcements against her operations, including the driver and Palestinian workers. These threats would have made it impossible to continue without endangering innocent lives.
On Sunday, a driver who is familiar with the operation and wanted to remain anonymous for security reasons reported that Hamas had warned "the bus drivers who are responsible for transporting the workers to the three American distribution points that they should not continue the transfers".
The drivers should bring 180 employees to the three distribution locations, he added.
auxiliary distribution and their challenges
The GHF explained on Friday that it had distributed more than 140,000 boxes of food, with each box thought to provide a family for a week and a half. The boxes contain pasta, lentils and food oil, including. The GHF states that its goal is to distribute enough foods every day for 4.5 million meals.
After the shootings of the past week, the GHF appealed to people not to appear at the distribution points before the official opening time or to gather prematurely at the gates. "This is done for their own protection and the protection of others."
strict security measures for help centers
The Israeli defense forces (IDF) said on Saturday in a contribution to X that meetings outside the announced hours were "strictly prohibited" at the distribution centers and warned that the areas around the help centers between 6 p.m. (11 a.m.) and 6 a.m. (11 a.m.) were closed military zones.
acute food shortage in Gaza
The UN said that the use of the GHF supported by Israel and the USA had militarized the distribution of relief goods and is insufficient for the enormous task of feeding families in Gaza. The GHF has no presence in the north of Gazas.
In her latest rating, Ocha reported that 90 percent of families in Gaza do not have the necessary cash to buy the little food that is still available in the markets. "Meat, dairy products, vegetables and fruit are almost no longer contained in people's food," it said.
Half of the municipal kitchens in Gaza had to set cooking due to lack of care or displacement orders, continued Ocha.
The UN-Relief and Works Agency (Unrwa)-the main agency for the provision of help in Gaza-announced on Saturday that a nutritional study showed that the percentage of children under 5 years of age suffer from 4.7 % in the first half of the month to 5.8 % in the second half of the month.
children in a critical location
The Unrwa reported that the number of children who are up to them forces themselves to force an increasing number into "dangerous survival strategies". Children are reported that they work on the streets, take part in looting or collect themselves at unsafe distribution points within large crowds in search of food.
lack of medical care
It is not just a lack of food. Dr. Mohamed Abu Salmiya, director of the Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gazas, announced CNN on Sunday that the few still operating hospitals in Gaza will "close completely in two days if no fuel arrives".
He added that "a large number of wounded due to the lack of blood polls and medical devices cannot be treated" and that medical staff faces difficult decisions, which patients should be saved.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health said on Sunday that the Al-Shifa Hospital and the Baptist Ahli Hospital, both in northern Gazas, are threatened with a standstill within 24 hours. This would mean the collapse of the remaining healthcare system in Gaza City.
In the south, the Ministry of Health announced that the Nasser Medical Complex operates with a limited fuel supply that will not be sufficient for more than two days.
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