Humanitarian situation in Gaza is ‘untenable’: Red Cross chief
Mirjana Spoljaric, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, had told Al Jazeera from Geneva that she saw “a lack of everything” in Gaza during her recent trip.
“There is a lack of operational space for the humanitarian actors, but most importantly, there is an acute lack of safety and security for people anywhere in Gaza,” she said. “There is some aid getting in. There are some trucks coming in but this is by far not enough given the suffering and the level of the needs of the people.”
Spoljaric said her organisation was focusing its operations on the hospitals, “on providing medical assistance as much as we can, including through medical teams, surgeons that are there operating around the clock”.
“What I saw in the hospital that I visited was a total exhaustion, a density because people are seeking refuge in these hospitals. But what I also saw is a lack of medication, a lack of electricity, a lack of water that is necessary for the hospitals to run,” she said. “But most importantly, decreasing surgical capability given the high number of casualties and wounded people.”
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