The United Nations Humanitarian Coordination Office insists that the Gaza Strip needs water and fuel “immediately” and warns that hospitals are “on the brink of collapse.”
The United Nations Humanitarian Coordination Office (UN) has warned that the The risk of deaths from infections’ is imminent if immediate access of water to this Palestinian enclave is not allowed. He also insisted on access to water fuel to supply energy hospitals, which are “on the verge of collapse”.
Israel has so far only allowed delivery, according to agency data less than 4% of the water consumed by the people of Gaza before the start of the war. In addition, the fuel used by hospitals will run out completely in the coming hours, allowing generators to produce the minimum amount of electricity they need to continue functioning.
In this regard, the UN has confirmed this the total blockade of Gaza remains in place and that the Rafah border crossing – which connects the Gaza Strip to Egypt and is the only one that Israel does not control – remains closed, preventing the access of food, water and medicine that the United Nations has placed in Egypt and that they are ready to be transported and distributed as soon as they get the green light.
Indeed, the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Martin Griffiths, will travel to the Middle East today to try to help negotiate the delivery of humanitarian aid.
The resumption of water supply has been done specifically in the eastern part of the city Jan Yunis, in southern Gaza, where Palestinians are still arriving after the evacuation of the entire northern part of the Gaza Strip. “Given the collapse of virtually all water and sanitation facilities in Gaza, the population is at risk of dying from infectious diseases,” the agency said.
“Gaza has a total power outage for the sixth day in a row. “Hospitals are on the verge of collapse as the fuel supplies they use for generators are almost completely depleted, endangering the lives of thousands of patients,” he stressed.
More of 2,800 Gazans have died in ten days of hostilities, the highest number in the enclave’s history.
Source: EITB
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