Gaza (Union)
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the largest humanitarian network in the world, called yesterday for a ceasefire and unhindered access of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, where millions of residents face a worsening hunger crisis.
Kate Forbes, president of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, said in an interview in the Philippine capital, Manila: “We are in dire need of a political solution that allows us to reach a ceasefire to deliver aid.”
She said: “We are ready to make a difference. We have to be able to reach, and in order for us to reach there there must be a ceasefire,” adding that she saw the terrible situation in Rafah during a visit to the Strip last February, months before Israel launched a military attack on The city, which was home to more than a million Palestinians who were displaced as a result of attacks on other areas of the Strip, noting that there was not enough housing, there was no water, and there was no sewage, we had a hospital without equipment, and unfortunately what I feared happened, which is That there wouldn’t be enough food.
Yesterday, the World Food Program announced that its ability to assist the displaced throughout the Gaza Strip is severely deteriorating, stressing the need for an immediate ceasefire.
The program said on the “X” platform: “The displaced people and children in Rafah, and throughout Gaza, are suffering from extreme exhaustion, and our ability to help them is deteriorating hour after hour and day after day,” adding: “We need an urgent ceasefire now.”
Meanwhile, Action Against Hunger said yesterday that the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is escalating at a rapid rate, and that those who survive the continuous bombing face death from starvation.
The international humanitarian organization published a report on its website entitled “After 33 weeks of conflict, food in Gaza is running out,” in which it said that by the moment a famine is declared, it will already be too late, and there will not be much that can be done, noting. There are only 10 bakeries operating in the Strip and they are at risk and will soon run out of fuel.
She continued: “We are trying to restart local farming communities, but most of the land is severely damaged or destroyed, and farmers cannot grow fruits and vegetables on plots of land filled with unexploded bombs.”
The organization considered that “a permanent and immediate ceasefire is not the final goal, but it is the first step, and the only thing that makes it possible to protect civilians and protect relief workers.”
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