An UNRWA spokesperson describes the dire living conditions Palestinians have to endure amid the war in Gaza. by Al Mayadeen English, News Websites, June 28, 2024 https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/everyday-in-gaza-is-the-worst-day-the-strip-has-seen--unrwa
Palestinians in Gaza are forced to camp out in bombed buildings and large piles of garbage, a UNRWA spokesperson said, slamming the "unbearable" conditions civilians in the Strip have to endure. UNRWA's Louise Wateridge said the living conditions in the Gaza Strip, amid the war, were "extremely dire" and "unbearable", during a video call from central Gaza to reporters in Geneva. . . . Moreover, Wateridge said the aftermath of food insecurity has already manifested itself in the population. "When I see my colleagues, my friends here, they're visibly unrecognizable because having such unsustained access to food for so long, you start to age, you look unhealthy, your skin changes color," she grimly said. Patients in Gaza's remaining hospitals are succumbing to infections due to the scarcity of protective gear and soap, even if they manage to survive severe blast injuries. . . . "Whether or not a ceasefire happens, we have to get humanitarian aid. And we have to get it in sufficient volumes to meet the demands," Adam Hamawy, a former US Army combat surgeon, said as quoted by AFP in an interview after a medical mission to Gaza's European Hospital last month. "You could give all you want, you can donate," added the reconstructive plastic surgeon from New Jersey. "But if these borders don't open up to allow that aid to get in, then it's just useless." For the past 30 years, Hamawy has volunteered in regions ravaged by war and natural disasters, including the siege of Sarajevo and the earthquake in Haiti. "But the level of civilian casualties that I experienced was beyond anything I'd seen before," stressed the 54-year-old. "Most of our patients were children under the age of 14," he emphasized. "This has nothing to do with your political views." # # # -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#30942): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/30942 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/106937978/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
