The international charity Oxfam said today, Thursday, October 12, 2023, that the entire Gaza Strip is currently under attack and not a single square meter is “safe” in it. Mustafa Tamiza, regional director of Oxfam, based in the United Kingdom, described the situation in Gaza as a “true disaster.
” Tamiza, who is director of the Economic Justice Program at Oxfam, based in the Palestinian city of Ramallah , confirmed that “the entire Gaza is currently under attack, and there is no safe place for people.”
He pointed out that "not a single square meter in Gaza is safe...everything is under attack." In response to a question about the extent of the impact of Israel’s cutting off all services to Gaza, Tamizh pointed out that “even before the start of the ongoing escalation, electricity was available for a maximum of 12 hours in the region, and that was in the best of circumstances.
” He added: "Imagine that this was before the escalation, so what about the situation now? There is no electricity now in Gaza. Imagine how people live without electricity, and how hospitals will work without electricity." He stressed that "thousands of wounded people in Gaza are coming to hospitals that have now been cut off from electricity." Tamiza said: It is "collective punishment of 2.2 million Palestinians in Gaza." He renewed Oxfam's calls for an "immediate end" to this disaster in the Gaza Strip, which is now under complete siege, stressing the need to establish a "humanitarian corridor as soon as possible.
" Tamiza pointed out that the international community is also responsible for the situation and must put pressure on the Israeli government to stop “this massacre” in Gaza at the present time. Regarding the suspension of all humanitarian work in Gaza since the start of the ongoing escalation, he said, "Non-governmental organizations cannot work in Gaza, which is under attack 24 hours a day.
" He explained: "Everything collapsed, and no one can work there unless a ceasefire is implemented." He also warned of the mass killing of civilians in Gaza, and the repercussions of the lack of medicine, saying that "people who survived the attacks may die due to the lack of medicine.
" He added that hospitals do not have the basic needs to treat the elderly and chronic conditions, as thousands and thousands of people come to hospitals every minute.
Since Saturday, Israel announced the tightening of the siege on the Gaza Strip, cutting off electricity and fuel, and preventing the entry of food, fuel, and aid into it, while the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, called on Israel on Monday to respect international humanitarian law and allow his organization to secure aid to respond to the needs of the Strip.
