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GHF aid scheme ‘nothing but dangerous chaos’: Expert
Georgia Tacey, the humanitarian adviser in the occupied Palestinian territory at Save the Children, says the only way to address the chaos is to allow unlimited aid into the Gaza Strip.
“Once the supply issue is dealt with, you will not see the criminality, the looting and certainly you will not see the starvation and desperation that we’re seeing right now,” Tacey told Al Jazeera from Deir el-Balah in central Gaza.
She explained Save the Children’s warehouses in Gaza are empty, and the organisation no longer has any aid to distribute to people in the enclave.
Meanwhile, Tacey said thousands of aid trucks are waiting outside Gaza, but cannot bring food, medical goods, and other critical supplies because of the Israeli blockade.
“This is not a supply issue, this is an access issue. It’s a political decision, not a logistical decision, that is preventing us from delivering,” she said.
Palestinian children being orphaned twice in Gaza
We have more from Save the Children’s Georgia Tacey about the devastation Palestinian children, in particular, are facing in Gaza:
- A spike in malnutrition has been reported across the Strip, particularly among children between the ages of five and 10, as well as pregnant and breastfeeding women.
- “Everywhere you go, people’s health has deteriorated significantly – including our own staff – because of the lack of available, nutritious food,” she said.
- This month, Save the Children opened at least 20 cases for Palestinian children who have been orphaned twice in Gaza. “They lost their parents in a blast, were fostered in by another family, and now those primary caregivers also being killed in the last couple of weeks,” Tacey explained.
- “It is just unbelievable levels of grief and desperation that children are seeing every day. And that is why we’re hearing more and more children talking about suicide, and wanting to return to their parents who have passed away in the last couple of months.”
Wounded Palestinian children are brought to the al-Ahli Arab Hospital
US consulting firm apologises for Gaza aid group carnage
A consulting firm that helped set up the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s aid efforts has apologised for the deadly violence that has surrounded its widely criticised operations.
According to an email obtained by The Washington Post, Christoph Schweizer, CEO of Boston Consulting Group (BCG), said his company sacked two partners involved in the Israeli-American effort and launched a “formal investigation” to ensure “this does not happen again”.
“I deeply regret that in this situation, we fell short — of our own standards and of the trust that you, our clients and our broader communities place in BCG,” Schweizer wrote. “I am sorry for how deeply disappointing this has been to many BCGers around the world.”
At least 118 Palestinian people seeking aid have been reported killed by Israeli forces in the vicinity of GHF distribution centres since the organisation started operating in the enclave on May 27.
The killing of people desperately seeking food supplies has triggered mounting international outrage.
People carry boxes containing aid packages from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation
