This closing of the crossing could mean the end of humanitarian aid operations in Gaza, experts warn.
Palestinians inspect the damage around the Derby family house struck in Israeli bombardment of Rafah's Tal al-Sultan district in the southern Gaza Strip on May 7, 2024.Israeli forces have seized the Palestinian side of Rafah crossing, which has been the main entry point for humanitarian aid into Gaza since October, putting the entire aid operation in Gaza under threat after imposing what experts say is the worst famine in modern history on Palestinians in the region.
“No aid coming in means no aid distributed after a couple of days,” said Sam Rose, director of planning for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees , tohumanitarian aid entry point, on Sunday. The closure of both crossings, Rose said, “cuts off everything. Rafah and Karem Abu Salem, they’re the lifeblood for the small amounts of goods that have been coming into Gaza since October. Absolutely devastating.
Palestinians have already been forced to undergo the effects of Israel’s seven month-long humanitarian aid blockade. The chief ofthat northern parts of Gaza are in “full-blown famine” that is “moving its way south.” Israel has created endless avenues for death in Gaza: bombing, starvation, heat, disease,The near-total blockade of humanitarian aid, which Israel appears to be carrying out now, will only intensify the famine and other deadly tactics.
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