The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported from the Palestinian Civil Defense that more than 10,000 people are missing under the rubble, as a result of the Zionist raids in the Gaza Strip.
The office stated that the Palestinian Civil Defense faces enormous challenges in recovering bodies, including a lack of equipment, heavy machinery, and personnel, warning that it may take up to three years to recover bodies using the primitive tools available to them.
UN humanitarian workers reiterated their warning of the continuing devastating impact of the war in Gaza, and the need to ensure reliable supply lines to provide assistance to the people who need it most in the Strip.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that relief organizations continue to face a number of restrictions on accessing those in need of assistance throughout Gaza, including rejection of planned missions or delays for long periods at Israeli military checkpoints on
the roads north of Gaza. Gaza Strip and its south.
It explained that more than a quarter of the humanitarian missions to northern Gaza last April were obstructed by the Zionist authorities, and 10 % of them were rejected immediately, and that the office continues to work with partners in the humanitarian field to expand the scope of assistance operations whenever and wherever possible.
In turn, the World Food Program announced that it had reached Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza, which had been inaccessible for months, adding that it had established a storage place there that would allow it to bring more food to Gaza City and other areas.
The WFP said it was prepared to increase food aid in northern Gaza, but stressed that getting past six months of hunger will require steady flows of food supplies.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs published new data from the occupied West Bank, showing that the demolition of Palestinian property and displacement continues unabated.
The
office indicated in its latest data that, as of April 22, more than 380 buildings had been demolished in the West Bank governorates, resulting in the displacement of 650 people.
It added, “If the destruction continues at this rate, it is expected that by the end of the year a record number of 1,500 buildings will be destroyed, which is the highest number since the UN office began collecting data in 2009. The data showed that al-Quds Governorate witnessed the highest level of damage, as 80 building were demolished and 115 people displacd .’
The office also warned that violence in the West Bank, including East Quds, is escalating, stating that there have been at least 800 attacks by settlers against Palestinians there, resulting in injuries or damage to property since the start of the Zionist aggression on the Strip on the seventh of last October.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency