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World Health Organization: The medical aid sent to Gaza is like a drop in the ocean.

World Health Organization: The medical aid sent to Gaza is like a drop in the ocean.

The Reuters news agency quoted Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization, as saying that the medical aid sent to Gaza so far is like a drop in the sea of medical aid needs in the region.

The organization stated that it continues to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.

At the same time, “Philip Lazzarini”, the head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine, known as UNRWA, said that this agency could not receive a shipment of food for the people of Gaza for a month, which is stored in an Israeli port.

Philip Lazzarini emphasized that a hostile environment has been created around us, and one of the contracting companies that provided services to UNRWA in Ashdod port has informed this organization that due to the regulations imposed by Tel Aviv, it is no longer possible to continue cooperation with UNRWA. does not have.

According to Lazzarini, a shipment from Turkey with 1,049 containers containing food items including flour, peas, sugar, and oil could meet the needs of 1.1 million people in Gaza for a month, but this shipment has been stuck in a port for weeks now. and is not allowed to leave Tel Aviv.

Al Jazeera has also reported that some Palestinians in the north of the Gaza Strip have died due to the lack of food and due to severe hunger, and the Zionist occupiers are forcing the Palestinian refugees stationed in UNRWA centers to leave Khan Yunis.

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