Faster and safe aid access critical to keep famine and disease at bay in Gaza

Faster and safe aid access critical to keep famine and disease at bay in Gaza

Getting enough supplies into and across Gaza now depends on the opening of new entry routes, more trucks being allowed through border checks each day, fewer restrictions on the movement of humanitarian workers, and safety guarantees for people accessing and distributing aid, they said. They warned that humanitarian action is seriously limited by the closure…

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Gaza: Rafah invasion would be a disaster ‘beyond imagination’, warn UN medics

Gaza: Rafah invasion would be a disaster ‘beyond imagination’, warn UN medics

Echoing renewed deep concerns by the UN’s top humanitarian official Martin Griffiths that an assault on Rafah “could lead to a slaughter”, the World Health Organization (WHO) also firmly rejected allegations of years-long collusion with non-health partners either in or underneath Gaza’s hospitals. ‘There is no collusion’ “We definitely cannot be louder in saying that no, there…

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