Sam Rose warns of severe consequences amid weakened US stance and points to ICJ demand that aid efforts be protected
is impossible and unrealistic without causing further untold suffering to the Palestinian people, its director of operations in Gaza has warned.
One of the requirements was for Israel to recognise that Unrwa remained the only viable means of providing services to Gaza. But since that letter was sent, the Israeli parliament in October passed two new laws requiring the Israeli government toUnrwa operates in Gaza, the West Bank and in surrounding countries such as Jordan and Lebanon, where large numbers of Palestinian refugees live.
“We have some 15,000 children back in education – it’s a drop in the ocean but our schools are being used as more than 100 shelters with management teams of about 20 people. If those shelters collapse, that is the end of the organising principle behind the assistance we provide. “There is a question whether Unrwa simply collapses if the plug is pulled on it by Israel and 13,000 staff have to be made redundant.”
Rose said: “The testimonies we are receiving from staff in the north of Gaza are simply horrific,” adding he understood if people felt the plan was to drive Palestinians from Gaza.
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