{"id":121109,"date":"2023-10-25T17:48:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T17:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lasixlineon.com\/?p=121109"},"modified":"2023-10-25T17:48:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T17:48:59","slug":"how-much-more-do-gazans-have-to-endure-aid-workers-plea-for-trapped-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lasixlineon.com\/world-news\/how-much-more-do-gazans-have-to-endure-aid-workers-plea-for-trapped-family\/","title":{"rendered":"‘How much more do Gazans have to endure’ – Aid worker’s plea for trapped family"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A heartbroken aid worker with family trapped in the besieged Gaza Strip has issued a desperate plea for humanity, asking: \u201cHow much more do Gazans have to endure?\u201d<\/p>\n

Oxfam policy lead Bushra Khalidi, 35, called for an immediate ceasefire to allow unfettered access for deliveries of food, water, fuel and medicine.<\/p>\n

Just a fraction of the usual aid has been allowed through from Egypt in the wake of the atrocities, and supplies are perilously low.<\/p>\n

One of Gaza\u2019s largest hospitals, Al-Awda, warned it was hours away from running out of fuel while its wards remain full of critically ill patients who cannot evacuate.<\/p>\n

Bushra said the barbaric attacks by Hamas 19 days ago were \u201chorrific and appalling\u201d but did not justify the collective punishment of 2.2 million people, half of which are children.<\/p>\n

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She added: \u201cThese are serious, grave violations under international law – to bomb hospitals, to bomb schools, to kill and maim children.<\/p>\n

\u201cHamas\u2019 actions do not give carte blanche to Israel to do what it is doing. 5,500 Palestinians have died.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rishi Sunak stopped short of calling for a ceasefire on Wednesday, saying Israel \u201chas the right to protect itself in line with international law\u201d. But he told MPs \u201cpauses\u201d in the fighting were needed to allow safe deliveries of humanitarian aid.<\/p>\n

Some 1,400 Israelis were murdered in the sudden eruption of sickening violence unleashed by Hamas. Victims were killed where they stood or dragged from their homes and brutalised, with more than 200 taken hostage.<\/p>\n

Israel has been bombarding targets in the north of the Gaza Strip while preparing for a ground invasion.<\/p>\n

Palestinian Bushra lives in the West Bank and faces an anxious wait every day for her loved ones to charge their phones enough to let her know they are still alive.<\/p>\n

She met her husband\u2019s family – including his parents, brother, sister, and nephews – for the first time in June, when she finally got a permit to enter Gaza after being married for eight years.<\/p>\n

She now fears she will never see them again after they fled from Gaza City to the middle of the Strip.<\/p>\n

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Conditions are so dire that some desperate civilians, including Bushra\u2019s parents-in-law, are returning to the north despite the threat of lethal missiles raining from the sky.<\/p>\n

Her voice shaking with passion, Bushra told the Daily Express: \u201cFor them, it\u2019s better to die at home than with no dignity in someone else\u2019s house. They\u2019re in danger everywhere. There is no safe place in Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bushra warned that the \u201ctrickle of trucks they\u2019ve let in is a drop in the ocean of what Gaza needs\u201d.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cDescribing my feelings is a very difficult task, knowing that my family is escaping near-death every day, and knowing that as Oxfam our hands are tied because of the borders being closed due to Israel\u2019s decision to tighten the existing siege on Gaza.<\/p>\n

\u201cFamilies are struggling to find shelter, children are separated from their parents. There are so many bodies under the rubble still.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople are making perilous journeys in search of safety, leaving everything behind with no clear destination. They are rationing water, food, there is a big risk of deadly diseases, cholera, diarrhoea, because of sanitation problems.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd people\u2019s mental health is deteriorating day after day, not knowing when this is going to end.\u201d<\/p>\n

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