– The number of people killed will be much, much higher if there are now battles street by street, basement by basement, potentially for months, says Egeland to NTB. On Tuesday, he attended a meeting with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre (Ap), Development Minister Anne Beathe Tvinnereim (Sp) and leaders of other Norwegian aid organisations. The topic was the Gaza war. The Gaza Strip is completely blocked by Israel. There is a great shortage of water and medicine. There is a great risk that people could thirst or starve to death in the blocked Gaza Strip, says Egeland. Die from lack of medicine People have already started to die from water-borne diseases because they have to drink contaminated water, he says. – And people die in operating theaters because there is no medicine. There is no access to aid workers. People die in the ruins, because there is no one to pull them out. The civilian population suffers from constant bombardment, shortages of food, water, fuel and medical supplies. Egeland demands that the blockade of the Gaza Strip be lifted and a ceasefire introduced. Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Søre together with the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Secretary General Jan Egeland. Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB Støre: – Norway presses Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Søre tells news that he fears a worsening of the situation in the Gaza Strip. – Now there have been four weeks of intense bombing inside Gaza since the horrific terrorist attack against Israeli civilians on 7 October. We push with what we can together with international partners. And then we work to make humanitarian aid available. – It was serious at the start, but it is even more serious after four weeks when so much destruction has occurred. The danger that it could get significantly worse is very great, says Støre. 10,328 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7, according to local health authorities. Of these, 4,237 should be children, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza. Jan Egeland believes there is no reason to doubt these figures. He says there are also several dead under collapsed buildings. Strong video In a very strong video that has been shared on social media, some of the horrors of the war are shown. The video, which was published on November 3, shows at least seven lifeless people lying along a country road running south from Gaza City. – God, a child. God, women, God, that girl. Dear God, protect our people. Please look, says the cyclist in Arabic. news does not know how these people were killed, but together with Faktisk Verifiserbar, has verified the video to originate from a main road on the coast in Gaza. The news agency Reuters has the same. The film is recorded by a man or boy on a bicycle, who talks while cycling past the site. news warns about strong images: Actually Verifiable and news has verified that this video was filmed in the Gaza Strip on 3 November. Official: – No humanitarian crisis An Israeli official still insists on Tuesday that there is no humanitarian crisis in Gaza, according to the BBC. – I can say clearly that we are nowhere near approaching the minimum levels to which we are committed through international law, says Colonel Elad Goren, who coordinates Israeli activities in the Palestinian territories. As for food, Goren claims there are supplies inside Gaza “for weeks to come.” He admits that the water supplies are not at pre-war levels, but Goren claims that the water supplies are sufficient to cover humanitarian needs. Goren further says that there is sufficient medical equipment. According to him, the hospitals must also continue to have access to electricity using solar panels. However, Al Jazeera and Hamas-affiliated media have claimed that Israeli forces have attacked the solar panels at the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, Approaching a breakdown Spokesperson at the UN Humanitarian Office (OCHA), Jens Laerke, is very concerned. Vital services at the hospitals in Gaza will soon need fuel, he says, according to Reuters. Fuel is needed to operate the electricity generators in the Gaza Strip. A total of 569 lorries have crossed the border from Egypt since 21 October, including 93 on Monday evening. None of these had fuel with them.
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