The Chief Emergency Coordinator at the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Hamish Young, confirmed on Friday that the quality of humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip is as important as its quantity, calling for the unrestricted entry of all essential materials to meet the increasing needs of the population in the area.
Young stated in an interview that Palestinians in Gaza need tents, tarpaulins, plastic covers, clean drinking water, fuel, equipment for water production and distribution, and pipes for repairing wells and desalination plants.
He added that the area requires about 50 trucks of fuel and cooking gas daily to meet the basic needs of the population.
The UN official pointed out that UNICEF needs a large quantity of food supplies to address the effects of famine in the northern part of the region, emphasizing that the situation in Gaza is catastrophic, as all hospitals have either been destroyed or severely damaged, while the population suffers from acute shortages of food and shelter.
Young stressed that safe access within the area is a fundamental condition for distributing aid, saying: "We need freedom of movement throughout Gaza so that we can deliver supplies to the most vulnerable children, their mothers, and their families."
He affirmed that children in Gaza are in urgent need of this support, and we should not sit and wait for supplies to arrive, emphasizing that the area needs 600 trucks loaded with food, medical supplies, and essential materials every day.
The situation in Gaza is catastrophic, as all hospitals have either been destroyed or severely damaged.
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UNICEF: Gaza is in urgent need of food, water, and fuel amid a catastrophic humanitarian crisis.