Humanitarian groups are struggling to help displaced civilians in Gaza as aid staff face hunger amid Israel’s aid blockade, an NGO spokesperson told CNN.
Since Israeli tanks on Monday rolled into Deir al-Balah, a part of Gaza that had not previously seen ground operations and where displaced people have fled, distributing aid became more difficult, Bayram told CNN’s Rosemary Church
NRC workers are only having one meal a day, “so that their children don’t go to bed with empty stomachs,” he added.
Frustration is also mounting because “thousands and thousands of tons of food” are being left at border crossings while aid organizations are still mostly restricted from moving within the territory, Bayram said.
Israel has repeatedly claimed that it is doing this to prevent Hamas from stealing supplies. Aid agencies have denied that supplies end up in Hamas’ hands.
While Bayram did not specifically name the Israeli- and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, he said the current aid mechanism created chaos at distribution sites and called for an end to such operations.
GHF has defended its model of assistance delivery and blamed aid organizations for not cooperating.
