Cliff Notes
- The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is deemed “very critical,” with aid drops insufficient to address the collapsing health system.
- Risks associated with air drops have been highlighted, including fatalities caused by dropped packages, and the challenges posed by Gaza’s overpopulation.
- The Palestinian NGO Network’s director condemned Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s plans for a potential full occupation of Gaza, calling it “horrible news.”
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Aid drops not the solution to ‘very critical’ humanitarian situation in Gaza, Palestinian NGO Network says
The humanitarian situation in Gaza is “very critical” and aid drops are not the solution, the director of the Palestinian NGO Network has said.
Speaking to our presenter Darren McCaffrey, Amjad al-Shawa said the health system in Gaza is collapsing “day by day”.
“I think the air drops are not the solution, it’s small quantities of aid,” he said.
“There are risks, yesterday there was a man who was killed because one of the boxes was dropped over his dead.
“Gaza is overpopulated, there are 50,000 people over 1km, there is no space to have these aid drops.”
Turning to Benjamin Netanyahu’s reported plan to occupy the whole of Gaza, al-Shawa described it as “horrible news”.
“To hear about it not going to a ceasefire, to going to more suffocation for the people of Gaza, this is really bad,” he added.
Watch the full interview below.
