09:27immunisation campaign for cholera
09:29it wasn't enough and kids still died
09:31of hypothermia over what was a brutal winter
09:33but it was a big improvement
09:34now since this resumption of this
09:37conflict across the Middle East
09:38our accesses have been restricted again
09:41there's only one crossing open
09:43Kerem Shalom, Kerem Abu Salam
09:44so that means we get fewer trucks in
09:47less aid, less food, less medicine
09:49less water, less shelter
09:50and tell us about Hamas' disarmament plans
09:53is that actually working?
09:55I think it was moving in the right direction
09:56and we were seeing the
09:59appointment of a technocratic committee who were planning
10:01to go into Gaza and start to
10:03really run Gaza
10:05on that technocratic basis
10:07but my concern at the moment
10:09is that that's all delayed by that
10:11wider escalation in the Middle East
10:13we need to get back towards the two-state
10:15solution and we need
10:16Israeli and Palestinian leadership
10:19that's committed to security
10:21justice and opportunity for Palestinians
10:23and Israelis. What about the situation
10:25the West Bank? Did you visit the West Bank?
10:27We saw this week a family of six Palestinians
10:29went out for the day and only
10:30only two came home. I worry that this is one of the other issues
10:33that's slipping down the agenda while we're all thinking about
10:36Iran, the Straits of Hormuz
10:37and so on
10:39you have very deliberate attacks from
10:42extremist settler groups
10:43at the moment against
10:45civilians across the West
10:47Banks. We need the world to pay much
10:49more attention to what's going on there and to
10:51call for protection of civilians
10:53and accountability for those carrying out
10:55the attacks. And just a final
10:57reflection perhaps, do you have any hope
10:58for the Middle East? I have to have hope
11:00you know
11:02a famous peacemaker
11:04George Mitchell said diplomacy
11:05is 799 days of failure and one day
11:07of success. So
11:09every day I wake up to it, probably
11:11the most horrible inbox in the world
11:13and my colleagues are going out there
11:15risking their lives every day
11:17to save lives but I get to meet
11:19the civilians that we support across
11:21the Middle East. I get to hear their stories
11:23I get to meet people who are surviving
11:25because of that humanitarian
11:27support and that has to bring you hope
11:29and ultimately I'm an optimist
11:31about humans. I think we have these two
11:33competing instincts, one to fight
11:35for resource and we're doing a lot of that right now
11:37and those people are shouting pretty loudly
11:39but another more important one which is to work together
11:41as communities for that resource
11:43and I believe ultimately that is the most
11:45the more powerful instinct that we have
11:47and as long as I believe that
11:49then I'll have hope.
11:50Thank you so much Tom Fletcher
11:52for being with us here on Euronews.
11:53Thank you.
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