Despite the continued flow of humanitarian aid, the future of Gaza’s children is at stake

The Auta Agency said that humanitarian organizations offer food and accurate papers for families in parts of Jabalia – which were under the Israeli siege for more than three months – while they were able UNICEF From reaching five thousand people in the region by transporting water and distributing hygiene and cleaning tools. United Nations partners also reported that hundreds of residents who were displaced to Gaza City are now returning to the northern Gaza governorate.

UN assessments in a number of displacement sites in Deir Al -Balah and Khan Younis have revealed that until now, only a few people who have been displaced to these sites have left, although many have reported plans to move north to Gaza Governorate.

During a press conference held in New York today, Friday, UN deputy spokesman, Farhan Haq, said: “People in these sites reported that during the past week they received some aid, including food, shelter, drinking water, cash assistance, water services, sanitation and other basic material Cleanliness and food support.

Haq said that humanitarian workers expect to witness major population moves between southern and northern Gaza next week. He added: “We and our partners are working to meet the needs of the displaced families wherever they move.”

Voices from Gaza

Our correspondent in Gaza spoke to some citizens in the crowded market of Deir Al -Balah, where one of them told him that the improvement in the living conditions in the region has already begun, but it is not at the pace that people expected, and he added: “There are those who say that the pace of aid will increase 7 days after the ceasefire, and God willing, this is what we wish for.”

Another citizen drew attention to the fact that the prices of commodities began to decrease with the opening of the crossings, and he said: “The goods were severed, and if you wanted to buy something for your child, its price was 5 shekels, and today it has become one shekel. This means that there is an improvement. I hope that the situation remains like this, and that we return to our homes in the north.”

“They are deprived of their childhood”

Speaking to the United Nations news from the Al -Mawsa area in the southern Gaza Strip, Ross Paulin from UNICEF said that the impact of the war in Gaza on children is difficult to describe after they were endured “15 months of physical and psychological horror.”

She said that every child in Gaza is now in urgent need of psychological and social support after that “They were deprived of their childhood.” She emphasized that what Gaza children now need more than anything else is the continued ceasefire. While she said that there is a need for continuous entry of humanitarian and commercial commodities to Gaza, she also stressed the need to resume education and remove the rubble, which also pose a great danger to children.