More than 100 humanitarian organizations They launched a warning on the Critical situation that crosses the Gaza Stripwhere the advance of massive hunger not only affect the civilian population, but also the own Assistance workers. The call to action occurred while the High Fire Agreement Among the parties in conflict.
In a joint statement signed by 111 entitiesamong them Doctors Without Borders (MSF), Save the Children and Oxfamorganizations described a desperate panorama: “Our colleagues and those we attend are consuming”
They added that the workers “They are now in the same rows of food distribution, risking being dejected just to feed their families. ”
Restrictions, shortage and attacks in Gaza’s help points
Despite Israel partially allowed the entry of humanitarian aid at the end of May, the population of Gaza remains exposed to a Critical shortage of food, water and medicines. In many delivery points, people were killed while trying to get food.
The signatory organizations They stressed that the current context prevents effective humanitarian operation and denounced intentional obstacles in access to basic resources.
The complaints arose in the midst of strong questions to the restrictions that the Israeli government applies to the entry and distribution of aid, and that deepened the collapse in a territory with more than two million people They are going through 21 months of conflict uninterrupted.
The urgent call to a high fire
The humanitarian entities claimed “A high immediate and negotiated fire”, Together with the Total reopening of terrestrial border steps and the reactivation of the distribution mechanisms headed by the United Nations.
“The humanitarian system cannot work on empty promises,” they warned. “Humanitarian workers They cannot operate with variable schedules nor expect political commitments that do not guarantee access. ”
The United Nations Organization Way on Tuesday that more than 1,000 Palestinians They died at the hands of the Israeli army since May, when USA and Israel They supported the transfer of the management of aid to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundationdisplacing the UN agencies.
Supplies were blocked
Humanitarian groups also reported that they exist tons of food and medicine accumulated in deposits inside and outside the territory, but that They cannot be distributed due to administrative and logistics obstacles taxes.
“The Palestinians are trapped in a Cycle of Hope and Despairwaiting for assistance and truces, just to wake up in conditions still worse, “they said.” It is not only about physical torment, but also psychological. Survival is presented as a mirage. ”
International reaction and cross accusations
He UN Secretary General, António Guterresthe situation as “defined on TuesdayA horror“And he pointed out that the crisis in Gaza is”unprecedented in recent years”More than 20 Western countries They also requested the immediate end of the conflict, warning that suffering in the Palestinian enclave “has reached new depths”
Meanwhile, Israel He affirmed that he allows the entry of help and accused the Hamas Group to block the distribution of supplies and attack those who wait for food.
However, humanitarian organizations rejected these arguments and warned: “The partial arrangements and symbolic gestures They serve as a smoke curtain for inaction. ”
With the crisis deepening and without concrete advances towards a ceasefire, the international humanitarian community warned that the food catastrophe In Gaza it is ongoing, and that even its workers can no longer avoid being part of the drama they try to relieve.
Source: Ambito
