Gazans rush towards aid trucks carrying flour and canned food in Gaza City

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00:00 In this neighbourhood west of Gaza City, dozens rush towards aid trucks carrying desperately

00:06 needed food.

00:07 As the conflict enters its fourth month, only minimal aid is entering the besieged enclave

00:12 and the UN has warned that many civilians are at risk of famine.

00:17 Here in Rafah, further south, many are living in tents and makeshift shelters.

00:23 The city is densely crowded with those who have been displaced.

00:27 Civilians living in the area say disease is rife.

00:31 Due to the lack of water, we shower just once per month.

00:34 Psychologically, we are suffering and the diseases have spread everywhere.

00:40 Some are living in schools, some on the streets, on the floors and others sleeping on benches.

00:45 The war has not spared anyone.

00:48 The United Nations estimates 1.9 million Gazans are displaced, many of them multiple times.

00:54 Unwanted civilians continue to stream into the enclave's hospitals, which are struggling

00:59 to run with limited supplies and dwindling fuel.

01:02 According to the WHO, none of the hospitals in northern Gaza are functional and the rest

01:07 are only partially functional.

01:10 Describing the situation on the ground as a humanitarian catastrophe, the organisation

01:15 has called for the establishment of a humanitarian corridor.

01:18 The shrinking humanitarian space and the lack of access, and we're not just talking about

01:25 humanitarian supplies into Gaza, but also the humanitarian aid and the workers within

01:30 Gaza so that the aid can be delivered to the people in need wherever they are, in the north,

01:37 in the middle or in the south area.

01:39 As long as there's no ceasefire, humanitarian corridors are required within Gaza to make

01:45 sure that this can happen.

01:47 The Israeli army has said the war is coming into a new phase, involving fewer troops and

01:51 more targeted operations in the enclave's centre and south.

01:55 However, the WHO has said it has not seen a reduction in the intensity of fighting on

02:00 the ground.

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