The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, which has the largest UN footprint in the Gaza Strip, has warned that it is on the “verge of collapse” and was even running out of body bags amidst the raging conflict between Israel and the Hamas militants.
“As I speak with you, Gaza is running out of water and electricity. In fact, Gaza is being strangled and it seems that the world right now has lost its humanity,” United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said on the situation in the Gaza Strip on Sunday.
Head of UN agency for Palestinian refugees- Lazzarini shared distressing stories
Gaza is running out of life… Gaza is now even running out of body bags. Entire families are being ripped apart ……..Soon, I believe, with this there will be no food or medicine either. There is not one drop of water, not one grain of wheat, not a litre of fuel that has been allowed into the Gaza Strip for the last eight days…………The siege in Gaza, the way it is imposed, is nothing else than collective punishment….So, before it is too late, the siege must be lifted and aid agencies must be able to safely bring in essential supplies such as fuel, water, food and medicine….We need this now… Most of our 13,000 UNRWA staff in the Gaza Strip are now displaced or out of their homes. My colleague Kamal lost his cousin and her entire family. My colleague Inas fears that Gaza will no longer exist.