The Israeli government has approved the import of diesel into the Gaza Strip at the rate of two tankers per day. The support is intended to guarantee the power supply of water and wastewater infrastructure to prevent the outbreak of epidemics.
Two days ago, a filled tanker truck entered the Gaza Strip from Egypt for the first time in weeks. However, according to the Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNWRA), the amount could only cover nine percent of the UN agency’s daily needs. Before the war, according to UN figures, around 45 tankers entered the coastal area every day for commercial and humanitarian purposes.
The director of the UN World Food Program had previously stated that food and water supplies in Gaza were currently virtually impossible. The civilian population is threatened by hunger. There is a lack of clean water, the emergency shelters are unsafe and overcrowded. In the shelters for internally displaced persons in the south of the Gaza Strip, an average of 160 people share one toilet, and around 700 people have only one shower.
Respiratory infections and diarrhea
The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concern about the spread of disease in the Gaza Strip. In the densely populated coastal area, more than 70,000 cases of acute respiratory infections and more than 44,000 cases of diarrhea have been registered, considerably more than expected. WHO envoy Richard Peeperkorn recently called for the evacuation of patients to Egypt to ease pressure on Gaza’s hospitals and for a mechanism to make it easier to evacuate the most urgent cases.
Still 800,000 people in the northern Gaza Strip
It is said that around 800,000 people still remain in the northern Gaza Strip. The figures from the Palestinian Statistical Authority (PCBS) would mean that only a third of the population who lived there before October 7 have left the area. “For survivors, the psychological scars last a lifetime. We are deeply concerned for the children who now face an uncertain and extremely difficult future,” said Hiba Tabi, CARE Country Director for Gaza and the West Bank. Age- and gender-specific psychosocial support should be provided urgently and in the long term.
According to the UN, a total of about 1.6 of the 2.3 million people in the Gaza Strip are refugees. Thousands of homes have been destroyed since the war began on October 7. The population has found shelter in public buildings and facilities, among other things.
Source: Krone
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