Ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas have stalled again, with Washington saying it does not expect an agreement in the near future because a US-backed global proposal has not been fully accepted by either side. .
A UN food agency official believes that a “water and sanitation catastrophe” is occurring in southern Gaza as the war between Hamas and Israel continues across the strip.
The deputy executive director of World Food ProgramCarl Skau, stated that the agency’s main concern is in the southwhere hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have been displaced from the city of Rafah.
“Here we really have a disaster of protection and a water and sanitation catastrophe. And, you know, people are camping in the streets, on the beach, at best with some piece of shelter. But, you know, we were driving through rivers of sewage,” she said.
Skau also said that Trucks carrying WFP aid are stuck waiting to be able to pass through the Gaza border crossings.
“We are stuck at different checkpoints, between five and eight hours a day,” Skau said.
“This It is an area where there is now a military operation underway and, to move safely, we need authorizations.
These comments come on the same day that UNICEF informed the BBC that one of its convoys had been denied entry into northern Gaza despite having all the necessary documents.
Los Gaza Palestinians face widespread famine because the war has largely cut off the flow of food, medicine and other supplies.
Las UN agencies They say more than a million people in Gaza could experience the highest level of starvation by mid-July.
Ceasefire stalled as Israel continues offensive
Meanwhile, conversations about ceasefire between Israel and Hamas have stalled againand Washington says it does not expect an agreement in the near future because a proposal supported by the United States at the global level has not been fully accepted by any of the parties.
In his speech at the G7 summit in Italywhere current global conflicts are the main topic, US President Joe Biden declared that he had “not lost hope.”
While they continued Israeli bombings in the Gaza StripHamas this week proposed modifications to a US-backed peace proposal with the purpose of ensure a permanent ceasefire and the complete withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza.
Biden’s proposal includes these provisions, but Hamas has expressed skepticism about Israel’s commitment to apply them.
Israel’s war against Hamas, started last October, has killed more than 37,260 peopleaccording to the Gaza Ministry of Health, but its count does not distinguish between combatants and civilians.
