Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel | Flash Update #115

Internally displaced persons (IDPs) across Gaza continue to face deteriorating humanitarian conditions amid acute shortages of shelter, clean water, food and medicine. As of 5 February, UNRWA estimates that some 75 per cent of Gaza’s population (1.7 million out of 2.3 million people) are displaced, the majority situated in Rafah governorate where humanitarian operations are based. The Director of UNRWA Affairs in Gaza expressed concern at the prospect of an Israel military offensive in Rafah which could result in hundreds of thousands of people fleeing the fighting and warned that the Agency “will not be able to effectively or safely run operations from a city under assault from the Israeli army."

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Most people in Gaza are displaced, facing deteriorating humanitarian conditions amid acute shortages of shelter, clean water, food and medicine. Photo by UNRWA

Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel | Flash Update #113

The risk of famine in Gaza is increasing by the day, particularly for an estimated 300,000 people in northern Gaza who have been predominantly cut off from assistance and where food security assessments show the greatest needs, according to WFP. WFP warns that humanitarian aid reaching Gaza city is “not enough to prevent a famine.” WFP stressed that “faster and sustained access” is urgently needed. The last time UNRWA was able to carry out a food distribution in the north of Wadi Gaza was 23 January. On 4 February, the World Central Kitchen, with the support of the Royal Jordanian Air Force and the Dutch Air Force, carried out airdrops using GPS-guided parachutes to deliver humanitarian aid for the Jordanian field hospital in northern Gaza. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) global partnership had projected that the entire population of the Gaza Strip would face crisis or worse levels of hunger for the period between 8 December and 7 February, including one in four households facing catastrophic hunger conditions.  

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Hundreds of thousands of people remain in the area to the north of Wadi Gaza, which is largely cut off from humanitarian assistance and where food security assessments show the greatest needs. Rescue team recovering bodies in northern Gaza during a preliminary assessment led by the United Nations. Photo by OCHA

The Alliance Stands Up & Stands out

Today, as the annihilation of Gaza enters its 5th month, the Alliance held a Stand Out at Central Square in Cambridge. In spite of the World Court's ruling the Israel is 'plausibly' committing genocide, the Biden Administration is urging Congress to give Israel an additional donation from US taxpayers of $14.1 billion in 'no strings attached' aid. The SHAME of it all!