Archive for June 3rd, 2024

03/06/2024

Situation in Southern Gaza ‘Horrific and Apocalyptic’: World Food Programme

Human Wrongs Watch

(UN News)* — Aid corridors in southern Gaza must be fully opened to allow the entry of food, fuel and other desperately needed relief items, a senior official with the World Food Programme (WFP) said on .

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Thousands of Gazan families are evacuating Rafah City after Israeli airstrikes.
© WFP/Ali Jadallah | Thousands of Gazan families are evacuating Rafah City after Israeli airstrikes.

Matthew Hollingsworth, WFP Country Director in Palestine, warned that with limited access to the south “we will no doubt see what we saw happen in the north in the first months of the war”.

Mr. Hollingsworth recently spent 10 days in Gaza. Speaking from Jerusalem, he told journalists in New York that people in the enclave “really are at their wits’ end”.

A horrific ‘exodus’

He said the “exodus” from Rafah over the past 20 days “has been an awesome and horrific experience for many, many people.”

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03/06/2024

Surviving Conflict and Harsh Climate: Shelter Solutions in Yemen

Human Wrongs Watch

West Coast, Yemen. 31 May 2024 (IOM)* In her coastal home in Mokha, Zahara diligently tends to the cooking. As the head of the household, her days are bustling with chores. Dressed in vibrant traditional attire, she checks on the food and ensures the children are cared for. Given her serene demeanour, it’s easy to overlook the challenges she faces.

 

 

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Zahara, the head of her household, stands proudly in front of her shelter, surrounded by her family. Photo: IOM/Monica Chiriac. Photo: IOM/Monica Chiriac

She cares for her husband whose health is frail and ensures that every member of her extended family is well-fed and content. She feels that she owes them for the support they provided seven years ago when her family was forced to flee the turmoil of conflict in her home district of At Tuhayta.

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