Gaza – Special to Safa
Since the outbreak of war on Iran, ten days ago, the Israeli occupation has escalated its policy of tightening the humanitarian noose on the Gaza Strip, exploiting regional developments to impose further restrictions on crossings and control the flow of aid and basic goods.
This exploitation has exacerbated the humanitarian and service crisis to an unprecedented degree, with the percentage of aid entering Gaza plummeting to 10%, according to Ismail Al-Thawabta, head of the government media office in Gaza.
This decline comes a week after a previous drop in trucks since the beginning of Ramadan to 30% of the required 42%, which reflects a policy of gradually besieging the population and returning them to a state of starvation and deprivation.
Al-Thawabta told Safa News Agency on Monday that since the start of the occupation’s war on Iran, ten days ago, only 640 trucks out of the 6,000 trucks that were supposed to be allowed into the Gaza Strip have entered, according to the understandings.
He adds, “This means that what entered was at a compliance rate of no more than 10%, reflecting a dangerous level of deliberate disruption of essential life supplies.”
Lack of commitment from the beginning
But Thawabita also points to the overall picture since the signing of the agreement 148 days ago, which shows a clear pattern of non-compliance, as the occupation recorded 1,985 violations of the agreement, and these violations resulted in 645 martyrs and 1,719 wounded.
Returning to the movement of trucks since the beginning of the ceasefire agreement, Thawabta reports that only 36,720 trucks have entered the Gaza Strip so far out of the 88,800 trucks that were supposed to enter, with a compliance rate of no more than 41%, while only 1,081 fuel trucks have entered out of 7,400 trucks, with a compliance rate of no more than 14%. This reflects a significant shortage in vital supplies upon which the operation of basic facilities depends.
This severe shortage of fuel and goods has led to widespread damage in vital sectors, most notably the water and sanitation sector, as a result of the shutdown of pumping and treatment stations, according to Al-Thawabta.
He points to the collapse of the municipal sector, which has been forced to reduce waste collection services and well operation, as well as the health sector, which faces the risk of some life-saving medical services being halted due to the decline in fuel needed to operate electric generators in hospitals and health facilities.
The collapse of vulnerable groups is accelerating
According to Thawabta, these policies have directly impacted the lives of citizens and displaced persons, explaining that the sector is witnessing an accelerating humanitarian deterioration manifested in the threat to food security for hundreds of thousands of families.
He adds, “The sector is also witnessing an unprecedented rise in the prices of basic commodities, and the erosion of the purchasing power of the majority of families in light of poverty and unemployment.”
He asserts that although some goods are available in limited quantities in the markets, this does not reflect the true reality, as most of the population faces great difficulty in obtaining food and medicine.
He warns that the suffering of the most vulnerable groups, especially children, the sick, the wounded and the elderly, is rapidly worsening, given the severe shortage of medicines and medical supplies, and the widening gap between humanitarian needs and the capabilities available to governmental and humanitarian institutions.
He also says, “The continuation of this policy threatens to worsen the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip, and calls for urgent international action to pressure the occupation to open the crossings fully and regularly.”
He calls for ensuring the entry of aid and fuel in sufficient quantities to guarantee the continuation of basic services and protect the lives of more than 2.4 million people in the sector.#Gaza supplies, Iran war
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