Cindy McCain, the UN agency’s executive director, said her staff describes it as “a complete disaster,” and there are severe issues with bringing vehicles in safely and in sufficient numbers.
Israel’s offensive following the Hamas attack on October 7 has displaced a large portion of Gaza’s population, with thousands leaving anew as Israel escalates attacks in the southern city of Rafah.
Hundreds of thousands are famished and desperate, and Mrs McCain told News that the situation is awful.
She told Yalda Hakim: “Imagine a child decaying into the size of a skeleton and, of course, passing away, and an adult.