(17 Apr 2024)
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Muwasi, Gaza – 17 April 2024
1. Wide of Muwasi camp
2. Various of smoke rising in distance in the direction of Khan Younis, seen from camp
STORYLINE:
Smoke was seen rising near the southern Gazan city of Khan Younis on Wednesday.
The smoke was seen in the distance from the Muwasi displacement camp.
The United Nations is appealing for $2.8 billion to provide desperately needed aid to 3 million Palestinians, stressing that tackling looming famine in war-torn Gaza doesn’t only require food but sanitation, water and health facilities.
Andrea De Domenico, the head of the U.N. humanitarian office for Gaza and the West Bank, told reporters Tuesday that “massive operations” are required to restore those services and meet minimum standards — and this can’t be done during military operations.
He pointed to the destruction of hospitals, water and sanitation facilities, homes, roads and schools, adding that “there is not a single university that is standing in Gaza.” De Domenico said there are signs of Israel’s “good intention” to get humanitarian aid into Gaza, but the U.N. keeps pushing because it’s not enough. He pointed to Israeli denials and delays on U.N. requests for aid convoys to enter Gaza.
The U.N. humanitarian official called for a complete change of focus to recognise that preventing famine goes beyond providing flour for bread or pita and to recognise that “water, sanitation and health are fundamental to curb famine.”
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were driven from the north after Israeli forces first launched their offensive there soon after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel.
The attack killed 1,200 people and an additional 250 people were kidnapped.
Israel’s offensive in Gaza has caused widespread devastation and killed over 33,800 people.
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