RAMALLAH (Palestine Foundation Information Center) Palestinian NGOs Network has called for declaring the Gaza Strip a disaster zone, and called for the redirection of the Palestinian economic policies to boost Palestinian steadfastness.
The network said in a statement on Sunday that Israeli occupation forces (IOF) destroyed more than 70% of the buildings in Gaza, making most of the Strip’s areas unlivable, amid severe shortage of food and aid, and the collapse of the health sector and other basic services.
The Network called for confronting this humanitarian catastrophe by intensifying aid campaigns and enhancing popular solidarity to provide Gaza and the northern West Bank with the basic needs to confront Israeli displacement plans and urged for pressuring the UN to assume its responsibilities for bringing in urgent aid and opening safe humanitarian corridors.
The network emphasized that “the international silence about this catastrophe in Gaza and the West Bank exacerbates the suffering of our people and encourages the IOF to continue its crimes,” calling for an urgent international move to stop the policies of the Israeli occupation aimed at forcibly displacing the Palestinians.
The NGOs Network called for the formation of a unified national team that includes official authorities, civil organizations, and the private sector, to bring in aid, secure the needs of the displaced, overcome the frost and severe cold, limit the losses of farmers in the northern West Bank and compensate them for the IOF aggression through a specialized committee that includes the Ministry of Agriculture and other concerned authorities.
It also urged for establishing a financial safety network for the most fragile groups and ensuring the continuation of relief and aid campaigns.
