‘These are not conditions meant for human beings’: UNRWA official on Gaza visit

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English - January 22, 2024 17:26 - 7 minutes - 4.14 MB - ★★★★ - 4 ratings
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No food, water, or health care facilities, no communication with the outside world, and the constant threat of bombardments.

These are the desperate conditions under which Gazans are living, says Juliette Touma, the spokesperson for UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestine refugees, who visited Gaza in mid-January.

On her return, she spoke to Conor Lennon from UN News, and described what she saw in the congested refugee camps of the occupied Palestinian territory.