Situation in Gaza now becoming ‘tragic’, says UN official

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Juliette Touma, spokesperson of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), has said the situation in Gaza is now becoming tragic.

“Poverty is very, very high in the Gaza Strip. Already before the war, the situation was desperate. Now it is becoming tragic,” she told CNN.

Touma recalled that even before the war started 1.2 million people relied on food aid from the UN aid agency.

A boy holds a cat among tents set up for Palestinians seeking refuge on the grounds of an UNRWA centre in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. — AFP
A boy holds a cat among tents set up for Palestinians seeking refuge on the grounds of an UNRWA centre in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. — AFP

A young girl stands inside one of the tents set up for Palestinians seeking refuge on the grounds of an UNRWA centre in Khan Yunis. — AFP
A young girl stands inside one of the tents set up for Palestinians seeking refuge on the grounds of an UNRWA centre in Khan Yunis. — AFP

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