Gaza Strip - Recent

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Humanitarian aid is not reaching Gaza smoothly, with only one-tenth of the required amount per day making its way in, according to Jonathan Fowler, spokesperson for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).

In an interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN), Fowler described the challenges of delivering aid in Gaza, emphasizing that the current amount of aid entering the region is insufficient.

Fowler highlighted the severity of the situation and the profound impact on the agency.

Regarding the ceasefire, Fowler believes it is just the initial step towards a solution, stressing that the recovery process in Gaza will be immense, especially restoring infrastructure and the education system.

Shotlist:
Gaza Strip - Recent:
FILE: Gaza Strip - May 23, 2024
1. Building of United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in Near East (UNRWA) health center;
2. UN logo;
Gaza Strip - Recent
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Jonathan Fowler, spokesperson, UNRWA (starting with shot 2/ending with shots 4-7):
"Unfortunately, they're not getting through smoothly at all. The problem is humanitarian workers, including UNRWA staff but also people from other parts of the UN system, have to be able to get to the border to pick up those trucks to then distribute them to the population. And this is where it's extremely problematic at the moment. One of the reasons for this is that this is still an active war zone. This means, for example, over yesterday, the day before, actually we were able to only get in about 60 trucks. Now 60 trucks is not even, it's about 1/10 of what is required per day to meet the minimum survival needs of the population of the Gaza Strip. So yes, some aid is coming in, but it's a tiny amount. It's just not enough.";
Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip - June 9, 2024
4. Various of ambulances arriving at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital medical workers carrying injured patient with stretcher;
Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip - June 5, 2024
5. Medical worker, local people rushing injured victim into hospital;
Gaza Strip - June 8, 2024
6. Various of destroyed buildings in wake of Israeli airstrikes, people searching in ruins;
Gaza Strip - June 16, 2024
7. Various of buildings, people walking on street;
Gaza Strip - Recent
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Jonathan Fowler, spokesperson, UNRWA (starting with shot 7/partially overlaid with shots 9-10/ending with shots 11-13):
"It's extremely serious. Solid data is very hard to come by because of the nature of this war, but we know what we see on the ground. So the level of human tragedy is huge, and this actually affects us as an agency. We have 13,000 staff in the Gaza Strip. And before the war, we made many a provider of education and health care. Of those staff, 193 so far been killed in the war. And this is the highest death toll of UN personnel in the history of the United Nations. So the combination of factors mean that this crisis has grown very, very quickly into something which is unprecedented in scale, huge in damage and the aftermath of this is going to be enormous and it's going to be very, very difficult to tackle."
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Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip - Recent
9. Various of cityscape;
Gaza Strip - June 8, 2024
10. Various of destroyed buildings, residents searching in ruins
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FILE: Rafah border crossing, Egypt - Dec 1, 2023
11. Trucks loaded with humanitarian aid at Rafah border crossing;
12. Stacked supplies;
FILE: Khan Younis, Gaza Strip - Nov 22, 2023
13. Various of workers at supply site, unloading flour sacks from truck;
FILE: Gaza Strip - Feb 16, 2024
14. Various of trucks transporting freshwater for displaced people;
15. Various of people filling bottles with water;
Gaza Strip - Recent
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Jonathan Fowler, spokesperson, UNRWA (starting with shots 14-15):
"The ceasefire is the first step, because the war has to end in order for recovery to begin. Basically, that's the only the beginning of it. It's just the first step. It's an essential first step, but the next step will then be to help people to rebuild. And I mean that in the sense of rebuilding psychologically as well as rebuilding infrastructure. But the scale of destruction of buildings in the Gaza Strip is shocking. So for example, getting kids back into education is going to be extremely hard because many of the schools have been destroyed. So in fact, we are already working, even while the war continues, to try to restore some level of informal education, but getting kids back to formal education is going to be very hard. It's going to be a lost generation on the education front otherwise.";
FILE: Gaza Strip - May 23, 2024
17. Closed gate;
FILE: Gaza Strip - Feb 16, 2024
18. Various of damaged headquarters of UNRWA.

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