Gaza on the brink as aid ship attacked, fuel and medical supplies dwindle

The humanitarian disaster in Gaza continues to worsen, with the U.N. warning the territory is “inching towards working on empty.”

Olga Cherevko of the U.N.’s Position of work for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), talking from Gaza City, described a landscape devastated by conflict, the achieve hospitals are out of blood supplies, fuel is strictly rationed, and basic survival wants treasure water are triggering conflict among civilians. “Gaza lies in ruins,” she said, painting a grim picture of kids scavenging for fuel and shelters being bombed even as contributors soar with nothing.

Amid this desperation, a ship carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza was struck by drones in international waters off Malta, in response to the Freedom Flotilla Coalition. The explosion, caught on video, ignited a fireplace aboard the vessel Conscience, which was later extinguished. Though no accidents had been reported, the neighborhood accused Israel of targeting the aid ship, an allegation Israel has no longer responded to. The incident revives memories of the lethal 2010 raid on the Mavi Marmara in the course of a earlier strive and destroy the blockade.

With over 52,000 Palestinians reportedly killed in the ongoing conflict and most of Gaza left in ruins, Cherevko emphasized the international different at hand: “To handle scrolling through the unpleasant photography of Gaza being suffocated and starved, or muster the braveness to interrupt this cruel blockade.”