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An Israeli ground offensive in Rafah would turn the southern Gaza city into a "graveyard" and heighten the looming risk of famine, leaders of global humanitarian groups warned on Tuesday."Carrying out a military offensive there would turn it into a graveyard," Benoit said at a press briefing by MSF, Refugees International, Oxfam, Amnesty International and other groups.
The CEO of the global aid group Save the Children said the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza is “a choice” by Israel to withhold food and aid from the territory. Janti Soeripto, the CEO of Save the Children, said on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that the situation in Gaza is “absolutely horrific” as the food, water…
Israel has designated a small slice of mostly undeveloped land along Gaza's Mediterranean coast as a safe zone — a place where waves of people fleeing the war can find protection from airstrikes and receive humanitarian supplies for their families. The area of Muwasi is a makeshift tent camp where thousands of dazed Palestinians live in squalid conditions in scattered farm fields and waterlogged dirt roads. Israel has offered Muwasi as a solution for protecting people uprooted from their homes and seeking safety from the heavy fighting between its troops and Hamas militants.
Humanitarian groups, which also push for Kerem Shalom to open, say that still won’t be enough to ease Palestinian suffering in Gaza.
Six groups met with Jake Sullivan to outline more ways the administration can help Palestinians in Gaza.