Aid supplies intended for the Palestinian population are believed to be stuck on the Egyptian side while people trying to escape the ground war are stuck in Gaza
One of the warehouses where the Egyptian Red Crescent stores foreign aid destined for Gaza once the Gaza-Egypt border opens Vital humanitarian aid is being prevented from entering Gaza as its healthcare system stands on the brink of catastrophe and the threat of heavy rain could cause major flooding in already battered homes and refugee camps.
Thousands have headed to the southern border checkpoint with Egypt but the crossing point remains closed. “This is a war against children. Even the survivors, they will spend the rest of their lives on their own.”Mahmoud Shalabi, senior programme manager at Medical Aid for Palestinians, who is in northern Gaza with his family, warned this would “drench a destroyed infrastructure”.
“There is no safe places to hide in,” she said, and that people did not have containers to collect rainwater to drink.The long unresolved conflict between Israel and Palestinians originated over who should own the land between the River Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea after the creation of the state of Israel following the Second World War.
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