{"id":266141,"date":"2024-07-08T12:00:06","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T11:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=266141"},"modified":"2024-07-12T04:57:22","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T03:57:22","slug":"gaza-split-in-two-as-civilians-humanitarians-reset-lives-aid-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2024\/07\/gaza-split-in-two-as-civilians-humanitarians-reset-lives-aid-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaza \u2018Split in Two\u2019 as Civilians, Humanitarians Reset Lives, Aid Efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_266142\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/gaza-israel-genocide-palestine-4.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-266142\" class=\"wp-image-266142\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/gaza-israel-genocide-palestine-4-1024x464.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/gaza-israel-genocide-palestine-4-1024x464.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/gaza-israel-genocide-palestine-4-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/gaza-israel-genocide-palestine-4-768x348.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/gaza-israel-genocide-palestine-4.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-266142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Much of Gaza has been destroyed in the conflict.\u00a0 \u00a9 UNRWA<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>4 Jul 2024 &#8211; <em>The Gaza Strip is virtually \u201csplit in two\u201d, with blockades not only restricting the movement of displaced people seeking shelter, but also aid workers trying to assist civilians in desperate need, a UN relief official said yesterday.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Speaking via video link from Jerusalem, Andrea De Domenico, head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unocha.org\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OCHA<\/a>) in the occupied Palestinian territory (OPT), said people have been forced to \u201ccompletely reset their lives over and over again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople, in the last nine months, have been moved around like \u2018pawns in a board game\u2019 \u2013 forced from one location to the next, to the next [and] to the next, irrespective of our ability of support them and irrespective of the availability of services wherever they land,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Gaza Strip is virtually \u201csplit in two\u201d, with blockades not only restricting the movement of displaced people seeking shelter, but also of aid workers trying to assist civilians in desperate need, the head of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ochaopt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >@OCHAopt<\/a>  said on Wednesday<\/p>\n<p>Read more \u2935\ufe0f<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kiDT7G6gWR\" >https:\/\/t.co\/kiDT7G6gWR<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lfwjTowynA\" >pic.twitter.com\/lfwjTowynA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UN News (@UN_News_Centre) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UN_News_Centre\/status\/1808580505216111066?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >July 3, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Humanitarians, meanwhile, also have to relocate their base of operations and evacuate from one location to another, as the military operations shift focus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe military operations are pushing [us] again and flipping the table,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that as discussions were being held with all stakeholders, including Israeli authorities on bringing aid supplies into Gaza and distributing it, the latest evacuation orders in Khan Younis have \u201cwiped\u201d out all the hard work.<\/p>\n<h2>Life beyond imagination<\/h2>\n<p>According to estimates, 1.9 million people in the war-ravaged enclave are internally displaced \u2013 including people displaced up to nine or 10 times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have been forced to move because of the patterns of the war, heavy fighting that has impacted them whenever they took the risk to stay, where [they had] houses or where [they had] tents, huts and makeshift shelters,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. De Domenico noted that humanitarians have to restart their efforts \u201cover and over again\u201d, while the displaced must figure out where they can find food, water, and medical help, and reacquaint themselves with their neighbours if they do not have families.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that has stripped apart \u2013 again and again and again \u2013 and people have to reinvent their ability to cope with condition of lives that are beyond imaginable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He also emphasized that as the war goes on, it continues to generate more pain, suffering and humanitarian needs. However, humanitarians are \u201cstruggling to deliver.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are there to stay and to deliver, to help the people but delivering for us is a daily struggle \u2026 literally we have to make gigantic efforts to sustain some lifeline of our services.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_266144\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/gaza-israel-genocide-palestine-5.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-266144\" class=\"wp-image-266144\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/gaza-israel-genocide-palestine-5-1024x464.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/gaza-israel-genocide-palestine-5-1024x464.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/gaza-israel-genocide-palestine-5-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/gaza-israel-genocide-palestine-5-768x348.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/gaza-israel-genocide-palestine-5.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-266144\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A UN team inspects an unexploded bomb lying on a main road in Khan Younis, Gaza.<br \/>\u00a9 UNOCHA\/Themba Linden<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>\u2018Enough of this war\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>The OCHA official outlined the challenges for aid workers, explaining that before the war, the humanitarian hub was in Gaza City, in the north.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen in the night between 11 and 12 October, in the middle of the night, Israeli authorities ordered us to abandon those facilities and move south \u2026 we had to comply \u2026 to protect the lives of our staff,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe left with a feeling of guilt because we knew that we were leaving behind civilians and since then we have been quite determined to not being pushed every time by the conditions to move, unless really the safety comes into [question].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe really need to draw a line \u2026 enough of this war that keeps on tearing apart the life of people.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Nowhere and no one is safe\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Mr. De Domenico reiterated that \u201cnowhere and no one is safe\u201d in Gaza, neither the civilians nor humanitarians.<\/p>\n<p>So far, at least 274 aid workers and volunteers have been killed \u2013 many while they were working, others at home with their families.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Humanitarians] risk their life every day and there are [few, if any] humanitarian installations that have been spared when the frontline moves \u2026 despite our efforts to notify the locations, the reality \u2026 is frequently those places are hit,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2024\/07\/1151751\" >Go to Original &#8211; 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