AhlulBayt News Agency: The Palestinian NGOs Network (PNGO) has warned of the collapse of the humanitarian work system in the Gaza Strip due to the Israeli occupation army’s tight restrictions on the entry of aid.
In a statement on Monday, PNGO said that dozens of bakeries and community kitchens stopped working after the Israeli army tightened its restrictions on the entry of food supplies, which the Gazans depend on for survival.
PNGO warned of “the serious repercussions of this rapid deterioration on the humanitarian situation and its impacts on the lives of the Gaza population — most of them suffer from repeated displacement and live in dilapidated tents that cannot withstand the rain, cold and wind.”
PNGO called on the UN anew to declare the Gaza Strip a “famine zone,” assume its legal and moral responsibility towards this worsening humanitarian situation, save the lives of the population and provide them with protection.
PNGO called for intensifying the efforts at all levels to stop organized gangs and individuals from robbing aid convoys and ensure their access to the civilians who deserve them, including the children who suffer from severe malnutrition.
In a related context, The Washington Post quoted aid groups and other sources as saying that gangs looting Gaza aid operate in areas under Israeli army control.
“As Gaza’s hunger crisis worsens, organized gangs are stealing much of the aid Israel allows into the enclave, operating freely in areas controlled by the Israeli military, according to aid group officials, humanitarian workers, transport companies and witnesses,” The Washington Post said on Monday.
“Officials said criminal looting has become the greatest impediment to distributing aid in the southern half of Gaza, home to the vast majority of displaced Palestinians,” The Washington Post added.
The newspaper quoted aid workers and transport companies as saying that “the armed bands of men have killed, beaten and kidnapped aid truck drivers in the area around Israel’s Kerem Shalom (Karam Abu Salem) crossing, the main entry point into Gaza’s south.”
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In a statement on Monday, PNGO said that dozens of bakeries and community kitchens stopped working after the Israeli army tightened its restrictions on the entry of food supplies, which the Gazans depend on for survival.
PNGO warned of “the serious repercussions of this rapid deterioration on the humanitarian situation and its impacts on the lives of the Gaza population — most of them suffer from repeated displacement and live in dilapidated tents that cannot withstand the rain, cold and wind.”
PNGO called on the UN anew to declare the Gaza Strip a “famine zone,” assume its legal and moral responsibility towards this worsening humanitarian situation, save the lives of the population and provide them with protection.
PNGO called for intensifying the efforts at all levels to stop organized gangs and individuals from robbing aid convoys and ensure their access to the civilians who deserve them, including the children who suffer from severe malnutrition.
In a related context, The Washington Post quoted aid groups and other sources as saying that gangs looting Gaza aid operate in areas under Israeli army control.
“As Gaza’s hunger crisis worsens, organized gangs are stealing much of the aid Israel allows into the enclave, operating freely in areas controlled by the Israeli military, according to aid group officials, humanitarian workers, transport companies and witnesses,” The Washington Post said on Monday.
“Officials said criminal looting has become the greatest impediment to distributing aid in the southern half of Gaza, home to the vast majority of displaced Palestinians,” The Washington Post added.
The newspaper quoted aid workers and transport companies as saying that “the armed bands of men have killed, beaten and kidnapped aid truck drivers in the area around Israel’s Kerem Shalom (Karam Abu Salem) crossing, the main entry point into Gaza’s south.”
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