Gaza dangerous for aid workers

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Gaza is a dangerous place for humanitarian aid workers as many of them have been attacked in the enclave where looting gangs are active, UNICEF spokesperson Tess Ingram says.  #Gaza #Gazaceasefire

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00:00Yeah, we were just saying before we crossed you that there's been yet more violence. I mean the

00:05deal may have been agreed thousands of kilometres away but on the ground that hasn't translated yet

00:11into peace. And I'm just assuming that for your colleagues, your UNICEF colleagues,

00:16working in conditions like this are incredibly dangerous. It's incredibly dangerous for them

00:21and it continues to be dangerous. So how much of a difference is it going to mean when the

00:25fighting actually stops? It is the most dangerous place in the world to be a humanitarian. I was in

00:30a convoy in Gaza in April that was shot at and many of my other colleagues have experienced

00:35similar situations or worse. We've lost so many humanitarian colleagues in Gaza over the last

00:4215 months. So it is really dangerous, not just for us but of course for the people that were there

00:47to serve. The hope is that a ceasefire remedies that, at least from the sky, and that we can get

00:54on with the work. But it doesn't solve all of the security challenges that we face. Of course there

00:59are unexploded ordinances now scattered across Gaza and there is insecurity in the fact of

01:05criminal gangs who are relentlessly searching for aid that they can loot, including from our trucks,

01:12and that poses a threat to our staff and to the people that we're distributing the aid to.

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