The president of the Red Cross has described the humanitarian situation in Gaza as “hell on earth” and warned that its field hospital will run out of supplies within two weeks, Reuters reports.
“We are now finding ourselves in a situation that I have to describe as hell on earth … People don’t have access to water, electricity, food, in many parts,” Mirjana Spoljaric told Reuters at the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva.
Spoljaric said supplies were running critically low.
“For six weeks, nothing has come in, so we will, in a couple of weeks’ time, run out of supplies that we need to keep the hospital going,” she said.
The World Health Organisation said supplies of antibiotics and blood bags were dwindling fast. Twenty-two out of 36 hospitals in the enclave are only minimally functional, Dr Rik Peeperkorn told reporters in Geneva via video link in Jerusalem.
The Red Cross president also raised concerns about the safety of humanitarian operations.
“It is extremely dangerous for the population to move, but it’s especially also dangerous for us to operate,” Spoljaric said.
