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Head of Office a.i @OCHAoPt #Gaza #WestBank // Former Humanitarian Analysis Director @MSF // PhD Humanitarian Studies @LSTMnews // Views=my own//RT≠endorsement
Nov 23 10 tweets 4 min read
1/10 There seems to be no limit to the cruelty inflicted on Palestinians in #Gaza. For over 40 days, people in North Gaza have been under siege: surrounded, bombed, denied the basic means of survival and ordered to flee under threat. A🧵 Image 2/10 We’ve tried to get into #Jabalya #BeitHanoun #BeitLahiya daily for over a month. Israeli forces have denied almost all requests. The result? People are under rubble without rescue. The sick and wounded can’t reach hospitals. Safe water and food have run out. Lives are lost. Image
Nov 7 11 tweets 5 min read
1/11 Everyone in Gaza feels as if they have been put on death row. If not killed by bombs or bullets, they are slowly suffocating from a lack of the basic means of survival. The only difference is the speed at which you die. The world has failed #Gaza. A🧵… Image 2/11 Palestinians in Gaza have experienced more than a year of deprivation, destruction, death and displacement. Survivors have told us @UNOCHA that they were the unlucky ones because they did not die with the rest of their family. Image