Link to archive of article. ‘Gaza has already run out of body bags’, the UN has warned. Body bags have run out in Gaza and the death toll will rise into a “disaster which can’t even be imagined”, the United Nations warned on Wednesday as pressure for access for humanitarian relief intensified.
Jenifer Austin, the deputy director of Gaza operations for the UN’s Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, said that its supplies of fuel and water will run out in eight days and that the million Palestinians who had fled their homes and moved south had created a “really, really difficult situation” with “100 per cent of refugees crammed into a third of the infrastructure”.
From the article:
Water is very scarce. If we can’t get the pipeline open for goods and fuel we are going to be facing an even worse situation,” she said.
“There are trucks lined up across the Rafah border [with Egypt]. We need the border open, we need the goods to come in. If it doesn’t happen we are facing an even worse disaster which can’t even be imagined.
“People will start dying. Gaza has already run out of body bags. There are so many deaths and the death toll will just keep rising.”
The ongoing stalemate over aid today prompted a renewed appeal from the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres for an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire” and for Israel to “immediately allow unrestricted access of humanitarian aid to respond to the most basic needs of the people of Gaza”.
Meanwhile, Pope Francis used his weekly address at the Vatican to deplore the “desperate” situation in Gaza and urged the faithful to take “only one side” — “the side of peace”.
The Israeli Defence Forces said, however, in a tweet that there is a “humanitarian zone” with aid available in Al-Mawasi in southern Gaza.
I’m not a Biden hater (nor would I consider myself a “fan”) but…man is his age showing. I wish he’d announce he’s dropping out and fully backing some younger candidate for presidency.
@glimse, I think you posted this comment in the wrong community? This one - @worldwithoutus - avoids US politics etc.
?? It’s your post and it’s a video of Biden
Yeah I don’t see a link, sorry. Just an embedded video
@glimse omg, I noticed a video in the article but it was blocked so I didn’t think it was going to be an issue.
Unfortunately kbin won’t let me edit the actual link, just the title, but I will be more careful in future. Article is archived here.
Wonder how many videos I’ve accidentally posted! Thanks again for letting me know.
I see the link in the body edit now. Sorry for not reading the sub first. I’ll leave my comments up so people can justifiably downvote them lol
