The calls from international aid agencies and numerous states for a ceasefire and increased aid deliveries to the civilian population in the Gaza Strip are growing louder. Everything is missing. But the situation is becoming increasingly dramatic, mainly due to the lack of fuel and water.
The risk of spreading disease is growing dramatically every day, UNICEF spokesman James Elder said on Tuesday. He spoke to journalists in Geneva via video link from Cairo. There have already been thousands of cases of wet leaves, diarrhea, respiratory and skin diseases, reports the World Health Organization (WHO).
There are no cases of cholera and the associated bacteria are not circulating in the Gaza Strip. According to updated UNICEF estimates, around 700,000 people still remain in the northern Gaza Strip, which Israel has been trying to evacuate for weeks. Many have only three liters of water available per day; the minimum for drinking, washing and cooking is 15 liters.
More fuel is needed for desalination plants
UNICEF and WHO are urgently calling for more fuel to operate desalination plants and water pumps and to treat wastewater. Whether water and wastewater treatment is restored will determine “whether thousands or tens of thousands of children survive or die,” Elder emphasizes.
Emergency shelters in the south are overcrowded
However, the situation is also deteriorating in the less controversial south of the Gaza Strip. Because the emergency shelters are overcrowded. Thousands of people have to sleep outside during heavy rain, the UN emergency agency OCHA reported on Tuesday.
The Israeli army has extensive control over the northern half of the Gaza Strip after weeks of bombings and tank invasions. According to its own statements, it is fighting Hamas fighters there. Thousands of houses were destroyed. Israel has been calling on residents to move south for weeks
Source: Krone
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