United Nations is concerned with closure of Gaza’s crossing which has gone on for six days as it obstruct the passage of Humanitarian aid into Gaza making dire the living conditions of Gaza residents.
With Ramadan around the prices of essential goods and commodities in the Strip soared due to the closure of the crossing.
UN Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator in the Palestinian territory, Sam Rose, warned that keeping the crossings to Gaza closed would have devastating consequences for a population that is just beginning to recover from months of deprivation and hunger.
He called on countries and influential parties to use “all available means to ensure the continuation of the ceasefire.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said food security is at risk of worsening, and its partners warned that if the disruption to aid entry continues, at least 80 community kitchens may soon run out of stock.
The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) said the cutoff of aid will have far-reaching consequences for women and girls in Gaza. Adding that the fragile ceasefire provided a desperately needed respite for women and girls in Gaza, and allowed UN agencies, including UNFPA, to finally scale up the delivery of life-saving assistance to affected Palestinians across the Gaza Strip.
UNFPA said over the past 10 weeks, working with partners, it had provided 170,000 women and girls reproductive health and protection services, set up 16 temporary health facilities, supported thousands of pregnant women, ensured the availability of medicines, distributed shelter kits and provided vital supplies to nearly 4,500 new mothers.
The agency underscored the urgency of humanitarian access, stressing that Israel must facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid regardless of whether the ceasefire holds.
