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\u201cWe\u2019re waking up from another intense night of bombardments, the fourth night of bombardment since the ceasefire abruptly broke down on Monday night\u2026the situation is gravely, gravely concerning<\/strong>,\u201d said Sam Rose, Senior Deputy Director of Affairs in Gaza for UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestine refugees.<\/p>\nSpeaking from close to the Netzarim Corridor bisecting the Gaza Strip which Israeli security forces have begun to reoccupy, Mr. Rose said that bombardments \u201cacross the Gaza Strip\u201d caused large-scale loss of life in the past four days.<\/p>\n
His comments came as the Israeli Defense Minister reportedly issued instructions for further occupation of parts of Gaza and warned of partial annexation unless further hostages are released.<\/p>\n
\u201cMost of those deaths have occurred at night, the Ministry of Health here is reporting around 600 people killed; among those, around 200 women and children<\/strong>,\u201d Mr. Rose told journalists via video link in Geneva. \u201cAbsolutely desperate tragedies.\u201d<\/p>\nThe International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) also relayed familiar scenes of panic and desperation from medical and ambulance teams in Gaza: \u201cColleagues have had hundreds of call-outs across the Gaza Strip and responded to dozens of fatalities and injuries as bombing continues,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDoctors are exhausted, essential medical supplies are running low and corridors are crowded with people either in need of treatment or waiting to find out whether their loved ones will survive.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\nEvacuation order misery<\/h2>\n
UNRWA\u2019s Mr. Rose also described the damaging impact of new Israeli evacuation orders on an estimated 100,000 Gazans, in addition to the Israeli decision on 2 March to stop all humanitarian deliveries into the enclave. Aid convoys had been allowed back into Gaza on 19 January, when the fragile six-week ceasefire between Hamas and Israel began.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the longest period [without aid being trucked in] since the start of the conflict back in October 2023,\u201d Mr. Rose insisted.<\/p>\n
He added that if the ceasefire is not restored, it will result in \u201clarge-scale loss of life, damage to infrastructure property, increased risk of infectious disease and massive trauma for the one million children and for the two million civilians who live in Gaza. And it’s worse this time because people are already exhausted.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\nBakery closure anxiety<\/h2>\n
The UNRWA senior officer warned that an estimated one million people in March will likely go without rations, \u201cso we will only reach one million people rather than two million\u201d he said, adding that six of the 25 bakeries that the UN World Food Programme (WFP) supports have already closed<\/strong>.<\/p>\nGazans worried about food shortages are already congregating around bakeries in greater numbers than before the aid blockade resumed.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs this continues, we will see a gradual slide back into what we saw in the worst days of the conflicts in terms of looting, in terms of crowd problems, in terms of agitation and frustration, all translating into desperate conditions amongst the population,\u201d Mr. Rose said.<\/p>\n
He explained the risk of aid supply cuts to malnourished children in Gaza who need steady supplies for five to six weeks \u201cjust to stabilize their condition – there’s no improvement in their weights (and) in their nutritional situation over those weeks\u201d.<\/p>\n
From the UN Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF), spokesperson James Elder condemned the impact of the war on the enclave\u2019s youngsters, since it erupted on 7 October 2023 in response to Hamas-led terror attacks in Israel that killed around 1,250 people and left more than 250 taken hostage.<\/p>\n
\u201cChild psychologists would say our absolute nightmare is that they return home and then [the war] starts again. So, that\u2019s the terrain that we’ve now entered. We don’t have an example in modern history in terms of an entire child population needing mental health support. And there’s no exaggeration that’s the case.\u201d<\/p>\n
UNRWA\u2019s Mr. Rose noted that before the resumption of Israeli bombing, the UN agency had restored primary healthcare to 200,000 people by reopening its health centres.<\/p>\n
In addition, children once again had access to education, with some 50,000 boys and girls back at school across central and southern Gaza.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe images, the videos, the life and the happiness in the eyes of the children \u2013 the pupils \u2013 was really something to behold,\u201d Mr. Rose said. \u201cOne of the few positive stories that we’d have been able to communicate from from Gaza, but alas, all that is, is back to naught.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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