00:00 It's really about the loss of our humanity if the international community allows this to continue.
00:06 What we are seeing now is simply inhumane. Israel is connecting humanitarian assistance into Gaza
00:17 with the release of the hostages. Again, neither should be conditional. And what we're seeing
00:23 right now, the direction that Israel is going in, they have said they want to destroy Hamas,
00:32 but their current trajectory is going to destroy Gaza. We are anticipating that there won't be
00:39 any more water left, if not tomorrow, at the very latest, by Tuesday. Now, we have heard reports
00:49 that Israel did turn on the water connection to Gaza tonight, but our staff are reporting that
00:57 water is not flowing. And what we need is for the water to be turned back on so all the wells,
01:04 at least in the south of Gaza, can be filled up. And that needs to happen immediately. As I've said,
01:10 the events of October 7th and Hamas attacks were absolutely abhorrent, but this attack on Gaza
01:20 again, unprecedented, catastrophic. It really can lead nowhere for the Palestinians who live
01:32 in Gaza. We can actually bring in supplies, food, water, medicine, fuel from both Israel and Egypt
01:40 right now. The problem is, is we do not have agreement from the Israelis to bring goods in.
01:47 Right now, they're not permitting us to move. So, we are calling, obviously, for the unconditional
01:57 safe passage. And just like we call for the unconditional release, an immediate release,
02:05 of the hostages being held by Hamas, we are also calling for immediate, unconditional access to
02:13 provide humanitarian assistance. And that's not just to get goods into Gaza, but it's also to get
02:19 goods throughout Gaza, which means we need pauses, we need a ceasefire. Our staff need to be able to
02:26 move safely.
02:31 Thank you.
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