Gaza is running out of water, and Gaza is running out of life.
As of today, my United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, or
facilities in the south is absolutely overwhelming, and we do not have any more capacity to deal with them. My team, which relocated to Rafah to sustain operations following the Israeli ultimatum, is working in the same building as thousands of desperate displaced people also rationing their food and water. In fact, an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding before our eyes.
staff in the Gaza Strip are now displaced or out of their homes. My colleague Kamal lost his cousin and her entire family. My colleague Helen and her children were pulled out of the rubble. I was so relieved to learn that they were still alive. My colleague Inas fears that Gaza will no longer exist. Every story coming out of Gaza is about survival, despair, and loss. Thousands of people have been killed, including children and women. Gaza is now even running out of body bags.
and aid workers will not be able to continue humanitarian operations. The
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