RAFAH: The UAE’s humanitarian institutions continued to distribute food and humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, benefiting 13,811 people as part of Operation ‘Gallant Knight 3’ within the framework of the UAE’s humanitarian response to alleviate the suffering on Palestinians in the Strip.
The aid included the distribution of 2,454 food parcels to displaced people in several locations in the Strip, in addition to the installation of 127 tents, the distribution of 171 blankets, two boxes containing women’s supplies, and another box for children, as well as 605 sleeping bags.
Some 750 food parcels were distributed to displaced people in the outskirts of Khan Yunis; 345 in the Nuseirat Camp; 337 parcels to residents of the Austrian Housing Project west of Khan Yunis; 280 to displaced people in the north of Khan Yunis governorate; 80 parcels to newly displaced people in the central governorate; 80 parcels in an accommodation area next to the Za’arabeh neighbourhood; 60 parcels to displa
ced people in the Tel al-Sultan neighbourhood west of Rafah; 152 parcels to displaced people east of the Rafah crossing, and 70 parcels to displaced people in the Hashashin area.
The UAE has launched Operation “Gallant Knight 3” on 5th November to provide humanitarian support to the Palestinian people in Gaza, in embodiment of the values of solidarity and cooperation with the Palestinian people, which are based on a long history of humanitarian work.
The UAE launched the ‘Gallant Knight 3’ humanitarian operation on 5th November 2023 to provide humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people in Gaza.
Source: Emirates News Agency
JERUSALEM: The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) has warned that not enough aid is entering the besieged Gaza Strip, leaving 40 percent of its population ‘at risk of famine’ amid Israeli curbs on entry of much-needed aid trucks to enter the enclave.
UNRWA renewed its warning that the besieged enclave is ‘grappling with catastrophic hunger’, as it reiterated calls for a ‘humanitarian ceasefire’ amid non-stop Israeli airstrikes across the enclave for over 83 days.
‘Every day is a struggle for survival, finding food and finding water,’ Thomas White, director of UNRWA affairs in Gaza was quoted as saying on X, formerly known as Twitter.
‘The reality is, we need more aid. The only remaining hope is a humanitarian ceasefire,’ the agency said on X.
Last week, the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution on more aid for Gaza after days of delays, but aid groups and rights advocates described the resolution as ‘woefully insufficient’ and ‘nearly meaningless’.
The l
atest stark warning by the UN agency on the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Gaza came as invading Israeli troops continued to heavily bombard the territory, further exacerbating the humanitarian crisis in the region.
More than 80 percent’s of Gaza’s 2.4 million people have been driven from their homes, the UN says, and many now live in cramped shelters or makeshift tents in the far south, in and around the city of Rafah near the Egyptian border.
Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA