He mentioned the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the UN company for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) and different companions have been current on the journey.
“The team said those displaced urgently need food, water, healthcare and protection,” Mr. Dujarric mentioned throughout his daily briefing from New York.
“They additionally witnessed how the shortage of gas is undermining the help organizations’ efforts to offer critical companies to displaced households.”
Mr. Dujarric noted that humanitarians continue to struggle with providing aid due to access restrictions and “lack of public order.”
He also said hospitals, water plants and other facilities are functioning with generators since Gaza has been without power since October.
Sanitary items for women
UNRWA Senior Communications Officer Louise Wateridge was on the mission trips and she told UN News the scenes she saw were “apocalyptic.”
Ms. Wateridge said meetings with some women-led groups revealed a “dire need for sanitary kits.”
The communications officer said she spoke to a woman who five months ago had a Caesarean section, “and three hours after this was compelled to depart the hospital as a result of they wanted the area.”
“She had no hygiene kits, no sanitary items after this very, very extensive surgery, and then also had two twin baby girls to take care of, who are now 4 months old,” Ms. Wateridge informed UN News.
Trapped in the north
She estimated that there are about 300,000 folks in the north of Gaza.
Some households are attempting to journey to the south however have bother crossing borders, others stay in the north since they consider they may meet their demise regardless of their location, she mentioned.
“People in the north have been trapped in the north for months on end. It’s only very recently that it has been allowed for families to move from the north to the south,” Ms. Wateridge mentioned.
Robust system
She informed UN News that UNRWA has a “robust system” in place the place civilians can talk their needs to a particular point of interest.
“We cannot all the time meet the needs relying on the quantity of assist we even have obtained into the Gaza strip,” she mentioned. “But [several] UN partners…are working together to be able to get these supplies to these people.”
Ms. Wateridge mentioned UNRWA and different UN companions must do all the pieces in their energy to make sure provides are getting into the Gaza Strip. She additionally mentioned companions want to make sure unrestricted entry to numerous areas in Gaza City to make sure provides are supplied to a number of communities.
