The program indicated that the levels of development in Gaza Strip It collapsed back to what it was in the 1950s.
The United Nations Development Program in Gaza explained that at current levels of aid, with full access to Gazacan recover Palestinian economy to pre-war levels in 10 years.
According to the actress United Nations Development Programme In Gaza, it has decreased Palestinian GDP 35% since the beginning of the war.
Program official Chitose Noguchi said, during the launch of a new study on the social and economic effects of the war, that based on some criteria, Poverty level In the Gaza Strip, it is now 100 percent as a result of the unrest, while the unemployment rate has reached 80 percent, indicating that three-quarters of the population are below the poverty line.
Noguchi added, speaking in a staccato voice Deir al-Balah “You bear witness State of Palestine Unprecedented levels of setbacks… As for Gaza, development levels have declined to what they were about 70 years ago in 1955.”
Lazzarini: People in northern Gaza are waiting to die
For his part, the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Philippe said Lazzarini “People in northern Gaza are just waiting to die. The smell of death is everywhere. Bodies are left lying on the roads, or under rubble, and missions to remove them or provide humanitarian assistance are refused.”
He added, in a tweet on the “X” platform, “Our employees are in… North Gaza They cannot find food, water, or medical care,” he said, noting that “they feel abandoned, hopeless, and alone, living from one hour to the next, afraid of death every second.”
He said that during the war over the past year, some of his employees remained…UNRWAIn the north, he explained that they “did the impossible to provide assistance to internally displaced people, and some of our shelters remained open, despite the violent bombing and attacks on buildings.”
He continued: “On behalf of our staff in northern Gaza, I call for an immediate truce, even if for a few hours, to enable safe humanitarian passage for families who wish to leave the area and reach safer places.”
He concluded his post with the phrase, “This is the minimum to save the lives of civilians who have nothing to do with this conflict.”