Amjad Shawa, head of the Palestinian NGOs Network, says people “are living in a very deep humanitarian catastrophe due to Israeli attacks and systemic destruction of the socioeconomic structure in Gaza”, Al Jazeera reports.
The Palestinian enclave’s population has become entirely dependent on humanitarian aid, which is quickly running out because of Israel’s total blockade with “severe implications” for the lives of Palestinians, he said.
Other than physical stressors, there are also the war’s psychological effects, especially for the tens of thousands of orphans in the Strip, Shawa told Al Jazeera.
Many NGOs now focus on delivering mental healthcare to children who have lost parents in Israeli attacks. However, dire humanitarian conditions and the aid blockade make their work “severely complicated”.