UNRWA: Gaza is facing famine
The media adviser of the Relief and Work Agency for Palestinian Refugees emphasized that the Rafah crossing is not enough to deliver fuel and relief goods, and the Karam Abu Salem crossing should also be opened. |
According to the report of the international group of Fars news agency, Adnan Abu Hosna, the media consultant of the Palestinian Refugee Relief and Work Agency (UNRWA), compared the situation in Gaza and the north of this region to the earthquake-stricken areas in Syria and Turkey and said: The Gaza Strip is Famine is coming.
Abu Hosna stated that the Rafah crossing is not enough to deliver fuel and relief goods and the Karam Abu Salem crossing should also be opened, emphasizing that UNRWA needs 120 tons of fuel daily. in order to be able to operate critical facilities.
The United Nations announced today that 61 trucks of humanitarian aid, including food, water and emergency medical and treatment items, were sent to Gaza on Saturday. It is the largest aid convoy from the Rafah border to Gaza since the beginning of the war.
According to the ceasefire agreement, 200 trucks carrying humanitarian aid should have been sent to Gaza every day, which the UN statement shows that the regime Zionist has not adhered to its commitments in this field.
Abu Hosna told Al Jazeera news channel: The mechanism of entry of trucks through the Rafah crossing is complicated and its maximum capacity is 130 trucks per day. 200 humanitarian aid trucks should enter Gaza for two consecutive months.
This UNRWA official pointed out that intensive negotiations are underway with the Israelis to import fuel and gas to the Gaza Strip. .
The United Nations Office for Humanitarian Coordination announced last night in a statement that on the second day of the Hamas-Israel ceasefire, 11 ambulances, three buses and a flat-bed bus went to Gaza. evacuate the remaining wounded in al-Shifa hospital.
According to the United Nations, since the first day of the ceasefire, 200 trucks have gone to the Nitzana border crossing in Egypt, and 187 trucks have gone to Egypt by 7:00 p.m. local time have entered Gaza. The United Nations also said that 129,000 liters of fuel have been sent to the Gaza Strip so far. has sent to Gaza City.
Palestinian Red Crescent announced that since October 21, 1946, a total of 146 trucks carrying humanitarian aid, including food, non-food, water and medical items received and distributed through the Rafah crossing in southern Gaza.
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