Around 150,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip were forced to move in just two days after the Israeli order to evacuate neighborhoods in the eastern area of Khan Yunis, a non-governmental organization (NGO) declared today.
According to the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), some people moved to Al-Mawasi, an area west of Khan Yunis (south of Gaza) which, despite being designated by the Israeli army as " humanitarian zone", has been attacked on several occasions and where hostilities "could explode" at any moment.
"Most Israeli operations begin after midnight, so people flee everywhere in search of safety," said the head of the NRC support team in Gaza, Salma Altaweel, in a statement.
The local NRC representative recalled that many displaced people end up in places "worse than where they were" and remain in those places for only weeks or months, without settling permanently, as is the case of her family, who has already been displaced 11 times.
He also accused Israel of "systematic obstruction" of the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, as well as continuous attacks on NGO facilities, employees and distribution points, which prevented the NRC team on the ground from receiving supplies since May 3 last.
"This is the first time that I have found myself unable to offer help to others. As a worker, it pains me not to be able to do anything", lamented the humanitarian coordinator.
This obstruction to the entry of humanitarian aid was also felt in the north of the Strip, where it guaranteed "there is nothing left that resembles life" and where prices continue to rise.
"When you see the stampede around the only two aid trucks that arrived weeks ago, how children are unable to get up and walk, the deaths from malnutrition in minors, you have no doubt what is happening here," she said.
She also emphasized the effect of the conflict on the education of Gaza's children, a generation that she said "is being lost" as a result of the destruction of schools due to the fighting.
"To resume education we will need two or three years2, she said.
Faced with this situation, the NRC launched an emergency education program in four locations for internally displaced people in Deir al-Balah, in the center of the Strip, with the aim of meeting the educational and psychosocial needs of 2,000 children.
