Key takeaways:
- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) is providing support to 89 bakeries in Gaza to provide bread to 1.7 million people.
- Thomas White, the Gaza director for the UNRWA, described the place as a “scene of death and destruction” with people primarily concerned with obtaining water.
- On Friday, Israel’s military carried out a deadly strike in Gaza City on an ambulance, resulting in at least 15 deaths and dozens of injuries.
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) is providing support to 89 bakeries in Gaza, in an effort to provide bread to 1.7 million people. This comes as the average Palestinian in Gaza is living on two pieces of Arabic bread made from flour the United Nations had stockpiled in the region.
Thomas White, the Gaza director for the UNRWA, recently traveled throughout Gaza and described the place as a “scene of death and destruction.” He noted that people are now primarily concerned with obtaining water, as no place is safe.
On Friday, Israel’s military carried out a deadly strike in Gaza City on an ambulance that was being “used by a Hamas terrorist cell.” Palestinian Health Ministry spokesperson Ashraf Al-Qudra said in a televised interview aired by Al Jazeera that the vehicle was part of a convoy carrying wounded people from Gaza’s besieged north to the south. The strike resulted in at least 15 deaths and dozens of injuries.
The UNRWA’s efforts to provide bread to the people of Gaza come at a time of increased violence and destruction in the region. The death toll and circumstances surrounding the strike have yet to be independently verified.
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