‘Land access is the most efficient way to get aid into Gaza’: Analyst

Humanitarian agencies have warned the international community for months that all signs were pointing to a critical humanitarian situation in Gaza if a lasting truce did not take place, Meg Sattler, the CEO of the Ground Truth Solutions, says. Sattler said there have been calls for humanitarian law to be respected in Gaza and land borders to be opened for aid access. “None of that has happened,” she told Al Jazeera. “We did a research with people living in Gaza over two months ago that showed the population is in absolute need of water and food. “Ninety-seven percent of people said that they were rationing food to survive, skipping meals and drinking dirty water. “They [crossings] have been blocked by humans and need to be opened up again,” she said, adding that land access is the most efficient way to get aid into the enclave. “People are starving to death now,” she said. And when people reach this level of hunger, they have hours for intervention, they don’t have weeks.” Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #Palestine #Gaza #Israel #GazaHumanitarianCrisis #Starvation #GazaStarvation #GazaAidAirDrops #GazaWar #IsraelHamasWar #IsraelGazaWar #GazaShortages #GazaAid #IsraelPalestineWar #WFP #UN #GazaAirRaids #GazaAirStrikes #GazaUnderAttack #IsraelWar #IsraelPalestineWar #GazaHospitals #GazaBombardment #GazaRefugeeCamps