Archive for September 17th, 2024

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17/09/2024

Israel’s Siege Now Blocks 83% of Food Aid Reaching Gaza, New Data Reveals

Human Wrongs Watch

Joint press release: 15 aid organisations demand international pressure for an immediate ceasefire, arms embargo, and end to Israel’s systematic aid obstruction

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Destruction on Al-Nasser Street, Gaza City. Photo: NRC

16 September 2024 (Norwegian Refugee Council)* — New data has revealed the scale of aid obstruction, and the consequential drastic fall in aid entering Gaza.

This is driving a humanitarian disaster, with the entire population of Gaza facing hunger and disease, and almost half a million at risk of starvation. 

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17/09/2024

Sanitary Disaster in Gaza ‘Worsening by the Day’

Human Wrongs Watch

(UN News)* — Overcrowded shelters in Gaza, a lack of running water and the constant threat of disease are making conditions worse by the day for people in the enclave, the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, warned on Monday [].

Families collect water from a UNICEF-supported facility in Deir al-Balah, in the Gaza Strip.
© UNICEF/Eyad El Baba | Families collect water from a UNICEF-supported facility in Deir al-Balah, in the Gaza Strip.
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In a new alert, UNRWA highlighted how Gazans’ shelters have become a target for insects and rodents after more than 11 months of war – echoing deep concerns among humanitarians about the lack of basic hygiene items that have left families unprotected from communicable diseases.

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17/09/2024

Gaza: Classrooms Turned to Rubble: UNRWA Describes Realities of Life in a War Zone

Human Wrongs Watch

By Ezzat El-Ferri

(UN News)* — A school that once served as a place of learning and play for hundreds of children is now a refuge filled with tents and makeshift shelters for those displaced by the ongoing conflict in Gaza, a senior official from the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has reported.

UNRWA schools continue to offer shelter to displaced Gazans.
© UNRWA | UNRWA schools continue to offer shelter to displaced Gazans.

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