UNITED NATIONS, United States: Simply 12 vans distributed meals and water in northern Gaza in two-and-a-half months, support group Oxfam mentioned on Sunday (Dec 22), elevating the alarm over the worsening humanitarian situation within the besieged territory.
“Of the meager 34 vans of meals and water given permission to enter the North Gaza Governorate over the past 2.5 months, deliberate delays and systematic obstructions by the Israeli navy meant that simply twelve managed to distribute support to ravenous Palestinian civilians,” Oxfam mentioned in an announcement, in a depend that included deliveries via Saturday.
“For 3 of those, as soon as the meals and water had been delivered to the varsity the place folks have been sheltering, it was then cleared and shelled inside hours,” Oxfam added.
Israel, which has tightly managed support coming into the Hamas-ruled territory for the reason that outbreak of the conflict, usually blames what it says is the shortcoming of aid organisations to deal with and distribute giant portions of support.
In a report targeted on water, New York-based Human Rights Watch on Thursday detailed what it known as deliberate efforts by Israeli authorities “of a scientific nature” to deprive Gazans of water, which had “probably triggered hundreds of deaths … and can probably proceed to trigger deaths”.
They have been the newest in a collection of accusations leveled in opposition to Israel – and denied by the nation – throughout its 14-month conflict in opposition to Palestinian Hamas militants.
The Gaza conflict was sparked by Hamas’ Oct 7, 2023 assault on Israel that claimed the lives of 1,208 folks, principally civilians, based on an AFP tally of Israeli official figures.
