“The shadow of death lies over Gaza. Without water, electricity or medicine, Thousands of people will simply die“, warned this Sunday Martin Griffiths, head of the UN Office for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
Griffiths’ warning comes days later repeated unheard calls from aid organizations to establish a humanitarian corridor to enable vital supplies to the Gaza Strip.
While, Planes chartered by the World Food Program (WFP) arrived at Egypt’s Al-Arish Airport todaynear the Rafah border crossing, and staff from this agency are ready to distribute emergency aid as soon as the entrance to the besieged Palestinian territory opens.
Also a delivery of health care The World Health Organization (WHO) has been at the same airport since yesterday, awaiting approval for humanitarian access.
The WHO has condemned and warned against Israel’s order to evacuate hospitals in northern Gaza any delay in the delivery of supplies positioned in Egyptjust 20 kilometers from Palestinian territory, will cause more deaths that could be avoided.
This was reported by the Palestinian Refugee Agency (UNRWA). In the first seven days of the current crisis, more than a million people have been displaced in Gaza, which began on October 7 with the Hamas attack on Israel that left hundreds dead and took more than a hundred hostages. Israel’s response was a continued bombardment and total siege of the Gaza Strip.