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31 Oct 2023

Aid agencies express grave concern of humanitarian crisis in Gaza

From Checkpoint, 6:07 pm on 31 October 2023

With a ceasefire in Gaza becoming more and more unlikely, Aid Agencies are continuing to express grave concern over the humanitarian crisis.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says a ceasefire would amount to a "surrender to Hamas and it is a "time for war."

UNICEF's chief has warned of a possible "catastrophe" due to a lack of clean water, the World Health Organisation says hundreds have been killed in attacks on the health sector and the UN is warning "civil order" is deteriorating, with people breaking into warehouses to take survival essentials.

Palestinian Red Cross has this morning reported that heavy artillery and airstrikes have hit near Al-Quds Hospital and those sheltering inside the hospital are "experiencing fear and panic".

Arunn Jegan, the Humanitarian Lead for Doctors without Borders or Medecins Sans Frontieres speaks to Lisa Owen.