“One-third of all the families who live here have children under five, so many babies, so many kids,” said Matthew Hollingworth, UN World Food Programme (WFP) Palestine Country Director, speaking from a school in Deir Al Balah, run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA.
“What they need is school, though what they need is more clean water, what they need is more stability. They need a normal life,” the veteran aid official insisted, in a video post on X.
Echoing those concerns, UNRWA noted that there have been more than 360 attacks on its facilities since the beginning of the war. In additional to the tens of thousands of victims, vital infrastructure has been impacted, including the agency’s water well in Khan Younis city.
Getting the precious water source up and running again will require clearing tonnes of debris which the UN Mine Action Service