{"id":35425,"date":"2026-07-11T23:46:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T03:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/diplomats-go-virtual-to-witness-gaza-displacement-site-up-close\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T23:46:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T03:46:54","slug":"diplomats-go-virtual-to-witness-gaza-displacement-site-up-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/diplomats-go-virtual-to-witness-gaza-displacement-site-up-close\/","title":{"rendered":"Diplomats go virtual to witness Gaza displacement site up close"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The UN\u00a0Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory\u00a0(OPT),\u00a0Ramiz Alakbarov, and his deputy,\u00a0Suzanna Tkalec, led the online visit to the site in Al Mawasi, Khan Younis.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>Just like journalists, diplomatic missions have had difficulty getting into Gaza<\/strong>\u00a0since October 2023,\u201d UN Spokesperson St\u00e9phane Dujarric\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sg\/en\/content\/noon-briefing-highlight\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sg\/en\/content\/noon-briefing-highlight\">said<\/a>\u00a0during his regular briefing from New York.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Water\u00a0and work\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>Via\u00a0videolink,\u00a0the\u00a0diplomats\u00a0observed\u00a0the living conditions and relief efforts at the\u00a0displacement\u00a0site, interacting with children, adults and aid workers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At\u00a0a distribution point,\u00a0they saw how\u00a0community members \u2013 including children \u2013 collected water carried by truck\u00a0through a\u00a0project\u00a0operated\u00a0by a local partner and funded by the\u00a0UN\u2019s\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ochaopt.org\/page\/opt-humanitarian-fund\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.ochaopt.org\/page\/opt-humanitarian-fund\">OPT Humanitarian Fund<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDisplaced people told the diplomats that\u00a0<strong>they need sustainable water services, especially during the hot summer days, and cash-for-work opportunities<\/strong>\u00a0to feed their families,\u201d\u00a0Mr. Dujarric\u00a0said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParticipants in the virtual visit were also led through hundreds of tents crammed along the shoreline,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Alakbarov\u00a0thanked the\u00a0diplomats\u00a0for their financial support for relief efforts,\u00a0indicating\u00a0that more is needed to\u00a0both\u00a0sustain and scale up operations, including funding and political action to unblock persistent impediments.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Deteriorating water access<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>The UN agency that\u00a0assists\u00a0the Palestinian people, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unrwa.org\/\">UNRWA<\/a>, continues to\u00a0provide\u00a0support across the Gaza Strip, according to\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unrwa.org\/resources\/reports\/unrwa-situation-report-229-humanitarian-crisis-gaza-strip-and-occupied-west-bank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.unrwa.org\/resources\/reports\/unrwa-situation-report-229-humanitarian-crisis-gaza-strip-and-occupied-west-bank\">an\u00a0update<\/a>\u00a0published on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The latest Water and Sanitation Cluster monitoring, conducted in June,\u00a0indicated\u00a0a continued deterioration in water\u00a0access, with some\u00a0<strong>84 per cent of assessed households experiencing moderate-to-high insecurity<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>UNRWA distributed\u00a0roughly\u00a0<strong>79\u00a0million\u00a0litres\u00a0of domestic and drinking water between 16 and 30 June, reaching over 860,000 displaced people daily<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During the same period, staff screened\u00a0nearly 5,000\u00a0children\u00a0aged between six and\u00a059 months\u00a0at\u00a0UNRWA\u00a0health\u00a0centres\u00a0and medical points,\u00a0identifying\u00a0203 malnourished\u00a0youngsters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In related developments, the World Health Organization (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.who.int\/en\/\">WHO<\/a>)\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WHOoPt\/status\/2075171856068358420\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WHOoPt\/status\/2075171856068358420\">said<\/a>\u00a0it is\u00a0providing specialized bottles\u00a0for 45\u00a0infants\u00a0in Gaza\u00a0who were born with cleft lip or cleft palate, which prevents normal breastfeeding.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>WHO noted that the\u00a0specialized feeding support\u00a0required for the condition is\u00a0increasingly difficult to access amid ongoing shortages of medical supplies inside the enclave.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UN\u00a0Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory\u00a0(OPT),\u00a0Ramiz Alakbarov, and his deputy,\u00a0Suzanna Tkalec, led the online visit to the site in Al Mawasi, Khan Younis.\u00a0 \u201cJust like journalists, diplomatic missions have had difficulty getting into Gaza\u00a0since October 2023,\u201d UN Spokesperson St\u00e9phane Dujarric\u00a0said\u00a0during his regular briefing from New York.\u00a0 Water\u00a0and work\u00a0\u00a0 Via\u00a0videolink,\u00a0the\u00a0diplomats\u00a0observed\u00a0the living conditions and relief 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