Thousands still in need of food, water, shelter in northern Gaza

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) representative Gemma Connell has said many civilians remain in the city in dire need of aid.

She made the remarks while speaking with Al Jazeera after travelling with an aid convoy to al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Caliber.Az reports.

“It’s a reminder that Gaza City and the northern part of Gaza still have thousands upon thousands of civilians who are in desperate need of food, of water, of shelter. They are still there. They are still surviving and they are doing everything they can to get through every day,” she said.

“They are right to be frustrated with the international community. And they are right … to be frustrated with us,” Connel said. “But what I also told them was that we, the United Nations, international NGOs, are responding to this humanitarian catastrophe and will not stop until we can reach those in need.”