Access to Gaza, fuel shortages and rapidly dwindling supplies have limited the ability to deliver aid to those in need.
Information Officer of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRA) Lucy Wetridge has said that the sounds of bombing are heard everywhere in the northern, central and southern areas of Gaza and the whole area has truly turned into a hell on earth. has gone
In Gaza these days it is very hot, there are piles of rubble everywhere, people are forced to live in plastic tents where the temperature rises even more.
Dwellers of the Wreck
Speaking to UN News after visiting the area, Lucy Wetridge has said that there is destruction everywhere in Rafah. On his first visit in May, he stayed in the same area after Israel took control of the border with Egypt and closed it. The move resulted in a significant drop in humanitarian aid to Gaza.
Lucy Wetridge reported that she had seen horrific sights while passing through Khan Yunis. She had not been there before the attack on Rafah on May 6 and when she passed through the area it looked like a ‘ghost town’ where everything had been destroyed.
He said that everywhere people have taken shelter in the structures of destroyed buildings. Where the walls have collapsed, people have hung plastic sheets and blankets.
Destruction of UN headquarters
He also witnessed the devastation at UN facilities in Karim Shalom, Khan Yunis, Deir ul-Balah and other areas where the bomb holes in the buildings can be clearly seen.
Every UNRA school, warehouse and aid distribution center has suffered significant damage or total destruction in Israeli bombing and raids. Bullet marks are visible on buildings, walls have collapsed, floors have collapsed and fallen on top of each other, while these buildings were protected under international law.
Fuel shortage
According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the amount of fuel (diesel and benzene) arriving in Gaza since the beginning of this year is 86 percent less than before October 2023. Before the war, Gaza was receiving 14 million liters of fuel every month, but now it is down to 2 million liters.
Lucy Waitridge says the lack of fuel has made it difficult for aid agencies to move. Due to ongoing fighting and bombing in the area, it is easy to bring fuel through the Kerim Shalom border crossing. UNRA has a severe shortage of food and sleeping mattresses, but despite this, every effort is being made to help people.
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