I was terrified and waiting for the vaccination to arrive and for everyone to receive it,
There must be a cease-fire so that the teams can reach everyone targeted by this campaign,
Due to insecurity, damage to roads and infrastructure, and the constant displacement of the population, it is unlikely that conducting the campaign for only three days in each area will be sufficient to achieve adequate vaccination coverage,
These are very momentary pauses from morning till mid-afternoon in each area. Considering the travel logistics for people in Gaza, this is not going to be easy for them to come and go safely,
The other days will be in Khan Younis and the last rollout will be in the northern part of the Strip,
This is not the first time we’ve seen health facilities being directly and deliberately targeted by the Israeli military. This particular hospital was attacked in the initial weeks of this war, and hundreds of people were killed as they were in the courtyard of the hospital,
There is no hygiene, the hygiene supplies are unavailable,
They know the water from the sea is not hygienic in any state,
God knows if the water is potable or not,
I took him to the hospital and they told me there is nothing they can do. They know his condition, but there is no treatment,
We haven't given him any treatments. We live in a tent and there is no medication,
I was hesitant at first and very afraid of the safety of this vaccination,
We began screaming that we had small children, but they (the Israeli soldiers) didn’t respond at first. The more we screamed, the more they shot at the house, shattering the TV and the windows around us,
If the international community truly wants this campaign to succeed, it should call for a ceasefire, knowing that this virus does not stop, and can reach anywhere,
Terrorists attempted to run over a security guard at the entrance to the community Karmei Tzur a short while ago and infiltrated the community,
We welcome the commitment to humanitarian pauses in specific areas, and suspension of evacuation orders for the implementation of the campaign,
We want to emphasize without humanitarian pauses, the campaign’s delivery, which is already being implemented under incredibly complex and challenging circumstances, will not be possible,
If after three days, we see that coverage is too low, we will ask for additional days,
We have trained more than 2,100 workers and community outreach workers to provide vaccinations and inform communities about the campaign,
In an ideal situation, you would go house to house. Unfortunately, that is not feasible in Gaza,