2023-10-30 22:42:46
The current system of aid to the Gaza Strip via the Rafah border crossing is ” doomed to fail “warned this Monday, October 30, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), denouncing the « punition collective » imposed by Israel.
“Let’s be clear: the handful of convoys authorized through Rafah are nothing compared to the needs of more than 2 million people trapped in Gaza”launched Philippe Lazzarini, calling on the members of the Security Council for help and demanding a “immediate humanitarian ceasefire”.
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“The system in place to allow aid into Gaza is doomed to failure unless there is political will for the flow of aid to be significant, commensurate with the unprecedented humanitarian needs »he added.
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According to UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric, 33 trucks bringing water, food and medical equipment entered the Gaza Strip via Rafah on Sunday, the volume of aid “the most important since October 21”the day of the opening of this crossing point with Egypt after the siege imposed on the Palestinian enclave in response to the unprecedented attack by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on October 7.
Before October 7, around 500 trucks entered the Gaza Strip every day.
Philippe Lazzarini repeated that these attacks «horrible» of Hamas were “shocking”. He used the same word to describe the “Incessant bombardments by Israeli forces on the Gaza Strip”.
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“Collective punishment”
“The current siege imposed on Gaza is collective punishment”he added, noting that his thousands of UNRWA colleagues, 64 of whom were killed, “are a beacon of hope […] as humanity plunges into its darkest hour”.
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“Gaza residents feel they are not treated like other civilians. Most of them feel trapped in a war they had nothing to do with! »he insisted. “An entire population is dehumanized”he denounced, highlighting in particular the fate of thousands of children killed.
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