Geneva - Saba:
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President Mirjana Spoljaric Egger on Friday described the humanitarian situation in Gaza Strip as "hell on earth" and warned that supplies at the ICRC field hospital would run out in two weeks.
"We now find ourselves in a situation that I have to describe as hell on earth ... the population has no access to water, no access to electricity, no access to food in many areas," she told Reuters from the commission's headquarters in Geneva.
Supplies are dangerously low, Spoljaric said.
"For six weeks nothing has come in, so in two weeks we will run out of the supplies we need to keep the hospital running."
The World Health Organization (WHO) said supplies of antibiotics and blood bags are rapidly running out.
Dr Rik Peeperkorn, the World Health Organization's representative in the Palestinian territories, told reporters in Geneva via video link from Al-Quds that 22 of the 36 hospitals in Gaza Strip are operating at minimum capacity.
The head of the Red Cross also expressed concern about the safety of humanitarian operations.
"The movement of the population is very dangerous but it is particularly dangerous for our work," Spoljaric said.
No humanitarian supplies have entered Gaza Strip since Zionist enemy forces blocked the entry of trucks on March 2. The Zionist enemy resumed its military aggression on Gaza on March 18.
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