The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned that “there is almost nothing left to distribute in Gaza” due to the Israeli army’s closure of border crossings.
“Water and sanitation situation is rapidly deteriorating. With supplies import blocked, people can only resort to using rubble and waste to solve sanitation needs,” OCHA said in its X page on Saturday.
In a brief statement on Friday, OCHA said that ‘the ongoing influx of displaced people into Khan Younis and Deir al Balah continues to strain dwindling resources to respond to humanitarian needs.”
“As of 11 May, WFP-supported distributions of special nutritional foods to pregnant and breastfeeding women and children under five have been suspended in Rafah but continued on a limited basis in Khan Younis and Deir al Balah,” OCHA highlighted.
“Only five bakeries are operational in all of Gaza and 11 have ceased operations, the Food Security Cluster reports; limited amounts of supplies have entered Gaza since May 6 and remain largely insufficient to address the soaring needs,” OCHA added.
The Israeli army occupied the Rafah border crossing with Egypt on May 7 and stopped the flow of aid into the enclave. This exacerbated the man-made famine in the Strip, while Jewish extremists prevented the flow of aid coming from Jordan through the West Bank and then entering the Karm Abu Salem crossing with Gaza.
