– We live second by second, and we count these seconds. We can’t sleep. In the morning we have to get food of some kind for our children, and some water, says Amjad Shawa. Amjad Shawa is director of the umbrella organization Palestinian NGO Network. He and his family have been on the run for over three weeks. Photo: Palestinian NGOs Network On October 7, his family left their home and fled to the south of Gaza. He tells about his 75-year-old neighbor who is said to have died because no one could help him escape. So far, over 8,000 people have been killed in Gaza. – Never in my life could I have imagined ending up in such a situation. To be so afraid. Afraid for my family, my friends, and my own life. Having to work so hard just to get hold of a bottle of water and struggle to get hold of some food. According to the UN organization UNRWA, more than 80 trucks with emergency aid have entered the Gaza Strip in one week. To meet the needs of the 2.3 million inhabitants, UNRWA estimates that 100 trucks are needed a day. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) started an escalation of the war at the weekend. This Israeli tank on the Gaza Strip was photographed on Sunday. Photo: EVELYN HOCKSTEIN / Reuters Queuing for hours to no avail It is to cities such as Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip that Palestinians have been asked by the Israeli authorities to evacuate to. There, too, buildings have been razed to the ground after bombing and rocket attacks. On Sunday, hundreds of people queued to get bread and water in the town of Khan Younis. Photo: Ahmed Abu Kamail / news The ticket from there was taken by the local reporting team news again got in touch with Sunday. – I’m here to buy bread. I have waited for three hours to no avail, because I did not get hold of anything. We haven’t eaten anything for two days, says Hala Abu Alomrin. Adam Zorub lives in Khan Younis. The city houses one of the largest refugee camps for Palestinians. Photo: Ahmed Abu Kamail / news Her children stand around her – and hundreds of people who all have the same mission: To get hold of some of the far too small quantities of food. Elsewhere in the city, Adam Zorub is queuing to get water. – The water supply that was available before has been cut, he says. Together with hundreds of others, he now has to lie on one municipal well to get the vital liquid. On Sunday, Israel will have reopened a water pipeline from Israel to Gaza, according to the newspaper Haaretz. After the attack by Hamas, Israel introduced a full blockade of Gaza and cut off all imports of water, food, medicine and fuel. Fears societal collapse After the terrorist attack by Hamas on 7 October, Israel has retaliated against the Gaza Strip. This has led to nearly 640,000 people being internally displaced, according to the UN’s aid organization for Palestinian refugees in the Middle East (UNRWA). The UN organization UNRWA organizes emergency aid for the residents of the Gaza Strip. They estimate the daily need for aid to be 100 lorries with food, drink and medicine. Photo: MAHMUD HAMS / AFP At the weekend, thousands of people broke into several warehouses and distribution centers belonging to the UN organization. Wheat flour and other basic products were stolen from the buildings in central and southern parts of the Gaza Strip. – This is a worrying sign that public order is beginning to break down after three weeks of war and siege. People are scared, frustrated and desperate, write the organization in a press release. Ibrahim Abu Zarifeh is calling for much-needed humanitarian aid to the residents of the Gaza Strip. Photo: Ahmed Abu Kamail / news – I have been standing here since early in the day to get bread. This is not a life. Where is the help from Arab and European countries? Nobody sees us, says Ibrahim Abu Zarifeh. UNRWA fears that fear, frustration and desperation could have major consequences inside Gaza. – They feel they are left to themselves. Cut off from their families inside the Gaza Strip and the rest of the world, says director Thomas White.
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