Catherine Russell, executive director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), described the conflict in the Gaza Strip as “unique” because people were trapped in a Palestinian enclave. She made the relevant statement in an interview with the TV channel. CNN.
“This is a very unique situation, because people can leave many places, but here (in the Gaza Strip – socialbites.ca) they cannot leave anywhere. They were just trapped,” Russell said.
He also pointed out that people in Gaza do not have access to water.
Previously Katherine Russell statedIt is stated that there are approximately one million children in the Gaza Strip.
He said “many” children were missing and thought to be trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings and houses, a “tragic consequence of the use of explosive weapons in populated areas”.
The situation in the Middle East escalated after thousands of Hamas militants infiltrated Israel from the Gaza Strip on October 7, when Hamas announced the launch of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announcedthat the country is at war.
The aim of Israel’s response to Operation Iron Sword was to repel the attack, release more than 200 hostages, including foreigners, and destroy Hamas. In order to achieve this goal, Israel launched major rocket attacks on the Gaza Strip from the first day of the operation. At the same time, the Israeli National Security Council decided to stop the supply of water, food, goods, electricity and fuel to the sector. Humanitarian aid shipments to Gaza began to be sent through the Rafah checkpoint only after October 20, and it was stated that their volume was insufficient.
27 October Israel announced About the “expansion” of the ground operation in Gaza. It is not known exactly when the operation started, but before the operation, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled their homes and moved to shelters and the south of the region.
Russians who previously fled the Gaza Strip said about life in a war zone.