While talks about a truce between Israel and Hamas have been stuck and supplies in Gaza have been interrupted, many Palestinians find it difficult to get over them on a daily basis. While indirect negotiations Israel and Hamas continue to do so.

“I don’t know what to say. There is simply no life. We are fighting for everything, “says Gaza’s Gaza by the phone.

“Get whatever you want – we don’t have clean water, we have no electricity, we find difficult medicines, the roads are in bad condition, prices have soared, no public transport, no safety. Everything is in crisis. “

“We used to withstand the bombings and deaths,” says Walid Abu Daka, a father of four, who now stay in relatives because their home was completely destroyed. “Now in our lives, poverty, high prices and harsh living conditions are dominated. My children can’t go to school, the health system doesn’t work. And the threat of war still exists as long as no agreement arises. “

These conditions at the same time favor the increase of “greed and corruption” in all sectors, while many are seeking to exploit the situation.

Israel closes passes for supplies

Israel closed the passages to Gaza and interrupted all supplies after the official end of the first phase of the truce in early March. As the Israeli Minister of Energy said on Sunday, he ordered the Israeli electricity operation to stop electricity in Gaza – although Israeli authorities have stopped electricity in the area as early as October 2023.

In response, Hamas accused Israel of “violating the truce agreement” and “using assistance supplies as political blackmail” – in order to push Hamas to accept a new framework for agreement.

The office of Prime Minister Netanyahu on the other hand accused Hamas of stealing goods from supplies and sells them to make money. In addition, he claims that he has allowed Gaza assistance supplies in recent months, although he is not obliged to do so after completing the first phase of the truce.

The first period of the truce ended in early March and negotiations on the second phase of the agreement, which would be released by the rest of Hamas held by Hamas, would leave Israeli forces and the talks to end the war do not appear to be.

Gauzeless

Since the onset of the war, the inhabitants of Gaza have no electricity and are mainly based on diesel -operating generators or small solar panels.

According to Gisha, an Israeli NGO trying to protect the right to move the Palestinians to Gaza, the area’s desalination plant supplied the area with about 18,000 cubic meters a day. After the power supply, the plant is also based on generators, with the result that water supplies have been reduced to 2,500 cubic meters – an evolution that literally affects hundreds of thousands of people in the area.

Israel is deaf in international criticism

Israel has been severely criticized by the international community for humanitarian supplies.

“Humanitarian aid in Gaza is a lifeline for more than two million Palestinians who have been living under unimaginable conditions for months. Continuing supplies is essential for their survival, “said Mahanand Hadi of the UN a few days ago. “International humanitarian law is clear: the basic needs of civilians must be met, inter alia, by providing and distributing humanitarian procurement.”

Many accuse Israel of wanting to lead many Palestinians to die of hunger – this category is at the heart of South Africa’s appeal before the International Court, as well as the case of the International Criminal Court against Netanyahu and Netanyahu.

Huge humanitarian crisis

Those who work in humanitarian aid say they could spend hours listing the problems that exist: lack of roof and clean water, trash everywhere in piles, corpses as being killed by aerial attacks and are still buried under ruins – and of course. And at the same time all this has enormous psychological implications.

In recent days, Israel has again intensified air attacks in Gaza. There are dead almost on a daily basis. “What we have at our disposal today is not sure we will have it tomorrow,” Amydan Saua, head of the Palestinian NGO, tells DW. “We can’t make plans for anything. We only do the best we can – and although we have people who endure, humanitarian needs are really huge. “

Curated by: George Passas