GAZA –
On Sunday, the
UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa,
Ammar Ammar, confirmed that children in the
Gaza Strip are currently facing the
world’s worst humanitarian crisis, citing it as “a never-ending nightmare.”
اضافة اعلان
According
to Ammar, more than 1.3 million people reside in the southernmost city of Gaza,
Rafah, with half of them being children. Approximately 300,000 children endure
inhumane conditions, lacking sufficient food and access to safe drinking water.
Not to mention that the healthcare system in Gaza is on the brink of collapse,
Al-Mamlaka TV reported.
He
warned of an environment unfit for minimal living standards, where diseases,
especially waterborne ones, spread due to the absence of safe drinking water.
The overcrowding in shelters and camps exacerbates the situation for children.
The
crisis has led to a staggering 4000 percent increase in diarrhea cases compared
to the situation before the
Israeli war on Gaza. Nearly 20,000 people live in
each square kilometer in Rafah, constituting an unparalleled humanitarian
catastrophe.
Ammar
emphasized the urgent need to increase humanitarian aid access and lift
restrictions imposed on international organizations within Gaza. He called for
preventing civilians from being forcibly displaced once again to areas lacking
essential humanitarian services.
He
stressed that there is no alternative to an immediate
humanitarian ceasefire.
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