In Gaza, they close the ovens and run out of bread

Roberto Bagallonga – Vatican City

Gaza has run out of bread. After Actionaid, who just a few days ago, he suspended the preparation of hot meals for those displaced because of the electricity blocks imposed by Israel, now the role of the World Food Program (PMA) to announce the “immediate closure” of all its bakeries in the tape because “there is no longer enough tests.” To emphasize a new exacerbation of the humanitarian situation of the exhausted population and prostration for 18 months of fighting, and has not been long or violent since the beginning of the Israeli and Palestinian conflict, we have already entered the second month of paralysis of entry into the pocket, not only from fuel and medicines.

Tension between the Israeli government and United Nations agencies

Thus, the tensions between the United Nations agencies and the Israeli government are increasing, with difficult exchanges of accusation about what is happening. Kojat, the Israeli Ministry of Defense Agency responsible for civil affairs in the Palestinian territories, noting Hamas to Hamas denied the absence of food and said that during the last truce more than 25,000 trucks with nearly 450,000 tons of assistance would have entered the tape. He says: “There are sufficient foods for a long time,” if the Islamists allow the civilians, “civilians are to reach them.” For her part, United Nations spokeswoman Stéphane Dujarric rejects these phrases, and it is repeated that “PAM does not close its bakeries for fun. If there is no accurate, if there is no cooking gas, the bakeries cannot open.”

Oxfam: The risk of starvation in the tape

But a week ago, Oxfam pointed out in a note that “the risk of starvation of about a million refugees”, it is not better in the state of health emergency, as hospitals practically get out of service or collapse. Doctors without borders talk about collective punishment against the population and the inhuman blockade, and gives a warning before the imminent exhaustion of the basic health products reserves.

IDF bombs on UNRWA clinic

A dramatic scenario adds to the most accurate military aspects. Yesterday morning, more than 20 victims were informed after the Israeli incursions into the Yunus area of ​​Yunus, in the south. Meanwhile, in Yabalia, a bombing against UNRWA left at least 19 dead. On the other hand, Defense Minister Israel Katz announced the expansion of operations in “eliminating terrorists” and “oppressing a vast area that will be added to the security areas of Israel.” A perspective leaves “terrified” representatives of the hostage families forum who are still in the hands of Hamas: they accuse Benjamin Netanyahu from “after they decided to sacrifice” the lives of their loved ones in their name in the name of annexing parts of the pocket, which makes the release of a “secondary goal”.

The internal political problems of Netanyahu

But the thorns of the Prime Minister are also internal policies. After the testimony submitted the day before yesterday in the “Qatar” case that was facilitated, in which some collaborators are charged, and he hesitated to choose the new president of Hann Al -Shin also to the trial of corruption against him: The Prime Minister appeared on Monday before the court as a witness.

In the West Bank 50, settlers set fire to Palestinian homes

Finally, what happens in the West Bank is concerned. While the Israeli extremist religious ministers announced that they did not want to leave control of lands for the Palestinian Authority, 50 Israeli settlers attacked people always, burned many houses and performing confrontations with the local residents.