Bel Trew: Gaza humanitarian crisis could reach ‘catastrophic levels’ under Israel’s expanded operations
Gaza humanitarian crisis could reach 'catastrophic levels', says Bel TrewSource: BBC Breakfast
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00:00 I was actually speaking to British citizens in Gaza just before we lost contact, before
00:04 this was launched.
00:05 They were telling me that they were displaced.
00:06 One man from Manchester was telling me he was displaced four times.
00:10 He'd already lost 37 members of his extended family, and they were running out of drinkable
00:14 water.
00:15 And this has been echoed by UN officials who were saying that the enclave was running out
00:19 of fuel to power hospitals.
00:21 There was already a massive lack of supply for medical supplies, that hospitals were
00:26 overwhelmed.
00:27 They couldn't evacuate the wounded.
00:29 There were tens of thousands of displaced people hiding in hospitals.
00:33 So if there is an incredibly heavy bombardment that we think is happening right now, and
00:37 some form of ground troop movement within Gaza, my concern is that humanitarian crisis
00:42 is going to reach catastrophic levels.