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More bombardments in last 24 hours than two weeks combined, says Rafah aid worker
Rafah has experienced more intense bombardments over the past 24 hours than the last two weeks combined, an aid worker in the region has told the BBC.
Louise Wateridge, a communications officer at the UN aid agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, says this has continued with "frequency this morning a couple of miles away in the east of Rafah”.
Wateridge says the building she is in, in western Rafah, is “shaking intermittently from the nearby bombardments” and that she can see vehicles leaving the area from the window, carrying displaced families.
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“Space available elsewhere is very minimal, has little infrastructure and as everywhere in the Gaza Strip carries no certainty of any safety”, Wateridge adds.
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Louise Wateridge, a communications officer at the UN aid agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, says this has continued with "frequency this morning a couple of miles away in the east of Rafah”.
Wateridge says the building she is in, in western Rafah, is “shaking intermittently from the nearby bombardments” and that she can see vehicles leaving the area from the window, carrying displaced families.
...
“Space available elsewhere is very minimal, has little infrastructure and as everywhere in the Gaza Strip carries no certainty of any safety”, Wateridge adds.
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WHO says it has only three days of fuel left for its medical operations in southern Gaza
The World Health Organization (WHO) says it has only three days of fuel for its medical operations in southern Gaza, and shortages have already forced one of three hospitals in the city of Rafah to shut down, reports the Associated Press (AP).
The Rafah border crossing with Egypt has been closed since Israel’s military took control of the Palestinian side early on Tuesday, blocking the entry of vital humanitarian aid.
Israel said it reopened the Kerem Shalom crossing, the other main aid entry point, on Wednesday. However, the World Food Programme (WFP) says no aid has entered, and there is no one to receive it on the Palestinian side. The UN says northern Gaza is already in a state of “full-blown famine.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/may/09/israel-gaza-live-updates-biden-warns-us-will-halt-more-weapons-shipments-to-israel-if-major-rafah-offensive-launched?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-663c9cd48f0835fc51908fa8#block-663c9cd48f0835fc51908fa8
The World Health Organization (WHO) says it has only three days of fuel for its medical operations in southern Gaza, and shortages have already forced one of three hospitals in the city of Rafah to shut down, reports the Associated Press (AP).
The Rafah border crossing with Egypt has been closed since Israel’s military took control of the Palestinian side early on Tuesday, blocking the entry of vital humanitarian aid.
Israel said it reopened the Kerem Shalom crossing, the other main aid entry point, on Wednesday. However, the World Food Programme (WFP) says no aid has entered, and there is no one to receive it on the Palestinian side. The UN says northern Gaza is already in a state of “full-blown famine.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/may/09/israel-gaza-live-updates-biden-warns-us-will-halt-more-weapons-shipments-to-israel-if-major-rafah-offensive-launched?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-663c9cd48f0835fc51908fa8#block-663c9cd48f0835fc51908fa8
Link to tweet
WHO calls for removal of all obstacles to the delivery of urgent humanitarian assistance into and across #Gaza, at the scale that is required.
A ceasefire is needed urgently for the sake of humanity.
