Human Wrongs Watch
JERUSALEM (WFP)* -– As fighting escalates in the south and centre of Gaza, the toll on civilians is devastating, and the continued hostile operating environment make it near-impossible for humanitarian operations to deliver desperately needed food aid, warned WFP’s Deputy Executive Director, Carl Skau as he on 14 June 2024 concluded a two day- mission to Gaza.
Photo: WFP/photo library. at a WFP distribution point (contracted supermarket) in Deir Al Balah, managed by the partner global communities, WFP team is overseeing the process and talking to sensitizing people on the available self-registration methods
”The situation in southern Gaza is quickly deteriorating. A million people have been pushed out of Rafah and are trapped in a highly congested area along the beach in the burning summer heat. We drove through rivers of sewage,” said Skau.
In northern Gaza, there has been improvement in assistance where WFP and partners have been delivering supplies through West Erez crossing. However, this assistance needs to be sustained and scaled-up to ensure supplies of fresh food.
Access to clean water, healthcare, fuel needed for bakeries and medical supplies are also essential to achieve a stable food security situation. “But more than anything people want this war to end, and so do we,” added Skau.
“At WFP we will now look at how we can support the functioning of markets and also get cash to the people so that they can begin to restore their lives.
Emergency assistance is still critical, but we also need to start instilling some hope – by supporting bakeries and markets – and go beyond meeting food needs for survival to support water sanitation and basic health care needs.
Only this way can we help restore a more dignified form of assistance that goes beyond meeting basic food needs. On my previous visit in November, the people I met were angry. Now they are exhausted and just wanted this war to end.”
The Deputy Executive Director was on a three-day visit to the West Bank, Gaza and Jerusalem where he met staff, partners and Palestinians.
WFP assisted over 1 million Palestinians across the West Bank and Gaza in May, though rations were reduced due to access constraints and dwindling.
*SOURCE: WFP. Go to ORIGINAL: https://www.wfp.org/news/people-want-war-end-and-so-do-we-says-wfp-deputy-executive-director-northern-gaza
2024 Human Wrongs Watch
Baher Kamal
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