Human rights center warns of humanitarian disaster in Gaza

Sunday November 16, 2008 23:42 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC News

The “Center for the Message of Rights” warned on Sunday that the Gaza Strip is on the verge of a further humanitarian disaster due to the strict Israeli siege, which has recently become significantly more pronounced after Israel barred fifteen trucks filled with food and medicine from entering the besieged coastal region.

UN aid trucks blocked from entering Gaza

The Center added that hundreds of patients are facing death, while this siege is leading to a real humanitarian disaster.

Also, the Center said that the silence and idleness of the international community and Arab community is giving Israel a green light to cut all fuel and humanitarian supplies and is significantly obstructing the work of the UNRWA and all other humanitarian organizations operating in Gaza.

It also added that more than 1.5 million Palestinians in Gaza are without basic supplies and that most of the Gaza Strip is without power supply which is turn affected the work of fundamental facilities such as hospitals and medical centers.

The Center demanded the international organizations, the World Health Organization (WHO), and all human rights groups to intervene and save the Gaza Strip and its residents as the Israeli siege is impacting all aspects of Palestinian life.

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