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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) — United Nations humanitarian agencies on Monday welcomed Israel's decision to lift a ban on asylum in the Gaza Strip, but warned that plans to step up military operations could seriously harm people already deprived of basic means of survival.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the planned expansion of military operations in Gaza City would again displace several thousand people to a crowded area in the south of the Strip that is virtually devoid of basic infrastructure, including water, food and health care.
OCHA said there had been more than 780,000 new displacements since early March, when Israel's asylum ban came into effect. Existing shelters had fallen into disrepair or were abandoned due to repeated displacement orders.
Humanitarian partners estimate that at least 1.35 million people require urgent shelter and about 1.4 million require basic necessities.
“The situation in the Gaza Strip is beyond catastrophic. More deaths are being recorded every day amid ongoing fighting and acute hunger,” OCHA stressed.
The World Food Programme (WFP) said it was doing everything it could to provide food to the enclave's population, but supplies remained well below needs. Organized distribution, WFP-supported hot meals and bakeries would require a significant increase in humanitarian aid coming into Gaza.
“Unimpeded humanitarian access is essential throughout Gaza, including community-based distribution of aid and large-scale delivery of supplies through all possible crossings and land routes,” OCHA stressed. –0–
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