AFP reports that the humanitarian aid system in Gaza is “facing total collapse” because of Israel’s blockade on aid supplies since March 2, the heads of 12 major aid organisations warned Thursday, urging Israel to let them “do our jobs”.
“Every single person in Gaza is relying on humanitarian aid to survive,” the chief executives of 12 NGOs, including Oxfam and Save the Children, wrote in a joint statement.
“That lifeline has been completely cut off since a blockade on all aid supplies was imposed by Israeli authorities on March 2,” they said, adding that “This is one of the worst humanitarian failures of our generation.”
A survey of 43 international and Palestinian aid organisations working in Gaza found that almost all have suspended or drastically cut services since a ceasefire ended on March 18, “with widespread and indiscriminate bombing making it extremely dangerous to move around”, the NGOs said.
