OCHA: The humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip remains dire

GAZA, Jan. 28 (YPA) – The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned Wednesday that the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip remains dire.

Sustainable solutions are urgently needed to meet the needs of the more than 1 million people requiring shelter support, including toolkits to repair people’s homes, materials to create communal heating spaces and equipment to remove debris and rubble to clear land for housing, OCHA said.

“Last week, UN and its humanitarian partners have reached over 2,300 families with cash vouchers and in-kind winterization support,” the office said. “They have also provided mental health and psychosocial support and case management assistance to hundreds of people.”

OCHA noted that the UN and partners provide daily bread to at least 43% of Gaza’s population, either free or at subsidized rates of under $1 per 2-kilogram loaf. Monthly wheat distributions have reached roughly 1.2 million people this month.

Since last week, UN partners have also delivered cash and in-kind assistance to over 2,300 families to cope with winter conditions, along with psychosocial support and case management services for hundreds of residents.

On October 7, 2023, the Israeli occupation, backed by the US and Europe, carried out a campaign of genocide in Gaza, killing, starving, destroying, displacing, and imprisoning civilians, ignoring international calls and defying orders from the International Court of Justice to halt the assault.

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