Gaza needs the total reopening of the crossings, the urgent entry of aid, including food, drugs, vaccines. Adnan Abu Husna, spokesman in Gaza for UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, strongly underlines this to ANSA.
In these days of war we have reached 77 thousand displaced persons
: "we distributed them - he says - in 58 school buildings and shelters that were marked as such in the Israeli army cards, and therefore protected areas". Now with the ceasefire "there are only a thousand left in the schools. But - he stresses - in 2 weeks the schools must be reopened. The students have already stayed at home for a long time because of the coronavirus and then for the war".
"It is about 600 thousand children who have to resume school activities". A problem within a problem. Abu Husna also underlines another aspect: "The crowded scenes in the shelters have raised the demand for vaccinations and many turn to us for them". "UNRWA - he adds - has private clinics and can vaccinate". But it depends on whether help arrives.
The spokesman for the construction ministry estimated "immediate damage to Gaza at 150 million dollars. A total of 74 public buildings were affected, he added." Those who have completely lost their homes - he reports - received 2000 dollars. .
Those who suffered damage but can still live in their apartment received $ 1000.
In all, 330 families received these first indemnities, partly financed by Qatar ".
Gaza City Hall Information Officer (which covers the northern border of the Strip to the central part, including Gaza City) Husni Mohanna estimates that the City Hall needs $ 30 million.
After 11 days of attacks - he highlights - "at least 70 roads are bad for a total length of 130 kilometers".
"During the bombings - he explains - because of the debris, neighborhoods and villages remained isolated. The teams of the town hall had to operate under the bombs to reactivate traffic. Always under the bombs, the electricity network and the water system had to be repaired" . "Entire districts - continues Mohanna - have not received water supply for whole days". Overall, "7 kilometers of water pipes" and "11 kilometers of sewer pipes" were damaged. The other serious problem - says the official - is the garbage: "The sorting center was hit and the trucks were damaged". "So the garbage remained on the streets. Bad smell and overloaded with work.The remaining teams - he concludes - work day and night to clean up the streets ".
