International support organizations face a complex situation in the Gaza Strip, with the continuing Israeli strikes that destroyed roads and made it difficult for Palestinians to access medical care, in addition to the difficulty of accessing workers in these organizations and vital supplies to the Gaza Strip after the borders were closed.
The American Washington Post reported in a report on its website that international aid organizations rushed to operate in the Gaza Strip with the start of an intense campaign of air strikes on the Gaza Strip last week, and set up emergency shelters and arranged shipments of medical supplies.
Inspite of that; The humanitarian response was complicated by the reality on the ground, as the ongoing Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip destroyed roads and made it difficult for Palestinians to access health care.
"We continue to plan and continue to collect funding, but unfortunately there is no ceasefire," said Mohammed Omar, the humanitarian coordinator for Oxfam International in Gaza.
On the other hand, Eli Sock, head of the "Doctors Without Borders" mission in the occupied Palestinian territories, said that the organization's team is working in the area around the clock, in shifts, to treat the wounded in the Israeli air strikes, noting that "the destroyed roads mean that many residents are not able." On access to medical care or they have to walk to the nearest hospital. "
"At the same time, the idea of the next round of attacks is always present, along with the destruction of the homes of some of the organization's workers," Sok added, pointing to the imminent danger to workers in humanitarian aid organizations, saying: "Any time we go abroad there is a risk that we will face murder. What we badly need is a ceasefire. "
The Israeli air strikes severely damaged the "Doctors Without Borders" clinic in the Gaza Strip, last Sunday. This made the room used to sterilize surgical instruments and medical clothing unusable.
Last Monday, air strikes destroyed the offices of the Relief Fund for Palestinian Children in the Gaza Strip, an American charitable organization that helps children with severe needs obtain medical treatment in the United States and Europe, and on the same day the office of the Qatar Red Crescent Organization in the Gaza Strip received an air strike.
The newspaper noted that the impact on the health infrastructure in the Gaza Strip will last much longer after the Israeli air strikes stop.
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