The humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip continues to worsen with no end to the fighting in sight, with local health authorities announcing that three more children have died from malnutrition and dehydration.
In addition to dropping aid supplies from the air, preparations are underway to transport them by sea, but some are calling for more supplies to be brought in by land, which is the most efficient route.
Attacks by the Israeli military continued in the Gaza Strip on the 9th, with local media reporting that in Rafah, in the south, where approximately 1.5 million people including evacuees are concentrated, an airstrike on an apartment building injured many residents, and in nearby Khan Yunis. , reports that there are injuries in the airstrike.
Regarding negotiations between Israel and the Islamic organization Hamas, President Biden of the United States acknowledged on the 8th that it would be difficult to achieve a cessation of fighting by the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan, which begins around March 10th.
As the humanitarian situation worsens by the day, local health authorities announced on the 8th that three more children have died from malnutrition and dehydration, bringing the death toll to 23.
In order to alleviate food shortages, relief supplies are being dropped from the air, but their safety is being questioned, as five people died when the dropped supplies hit residents on the 8th.
In addition, the United States and the European Union are making preparations for transport by sea, but preparations such as the construction of a wharf in the Gaza Strip are required for full-scale import.
Under these circumstances, a spokesperson for UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees) told Al Jazeera, a satellite television station in the Middle East, that while he welcomed the increase in aid, the focus was on transporting goods by air and sea, making it the most efficient way to transport supplies. He expressed concern that land transportation, which can transport large amounts of waste, is being neglected, and called for an increase in land transportation.