MER C Volunteers Reveal North Gaza Isolated Aid In The Aftermath Of The Israeli Attack Kian Memanas

Fence confines the Palestinian-Egyptian border line, Monday 6 November 2023. (ANTARA PHOTO-M Adimaja)

JAKARTA - Volunteers for the MER-C humanitarian agency have revealed that so far there has been no humanitarian assistance that can enter North Gaza, especially Indonesian Hospitals (RS) in Palestine.

The isolation of North Gaza is because Israel continues to intensify attacks on the region.

"Indeed, there are several trucks that are allowed to enter the Gaza Strip. But some of these trucks cannot be distributed evenly," said Fikri Rofil Haq, one of the MER-C volunteers who was at the Indonesian Hospital in Gaza when contacted from Jakarta, Wednesday, November 8, was confiscated by Antara.

Fikri revealed that humanitarian assistance had not yet arrived at the Indonesian Hospital because this hospital was at the northern end of the Gaza Strip, while humanitarian assistance entered from the Rafah cross-border gate in the southern Gaza Strip.

"So this is between the end and the end. Meanwhile, the central Gaza Strip continues to be bombarded to separate the southern and northern Gaza Strip," said Fikri.

As a result, he said, humanitarian aid trucks were still being held in the southern Gaza Strip and could not reach the northern Gaza Strip.

Fikri estimates that humanitarian aid may only be distributed in southern Gaza.

Meanwhile, the Rafah border gate, said Fikri, had been closed again so that the movement of residents and humanitarian aid was again restrained.

As a result of the restrained humanitarian aid, the water, electricity, medicine, food and fuel crisis in the Gaza Strip has become increasingly severe.

"Currently hospitals across the Gaza Strip are experiencing a fuel and medicine crisis, especially in the northern Gaza Strip," said Fikri.

He explained that currently there are around two thousand Gazans who have fled to Indonesian hospitals, 200 of whom are still undergoing hospitalization.

According to Fikri, there is only one power generation generator still operating in Indonesian hospitals, with the capacity expected to run out in the next few days.

If the electricity in the hospital goes out, then access for residents to get clean water from the hospital will be even more difficult.

"It should be noted that there are many residents who take refuge in three schools around Indonesian hospitals. However, these residents took their water from Indonesian hospitals. So, you can't imagine if residents can't access clean water to drink," said Fikri.

In addition to fuel, other assistance such as food, medicines and clothing suitable for use is also very urgent to be immediately given to Gazans who already need it all.