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we go now to amman, jordan, where we are joined by unrwa spokesperson tamara alrifai.welcome to democracy now! can you talk about this is what -- situation in gaza right now, what unrwa is dealing with? >> no words can describe what the gazans are dealing with. they are living a humanitarian situation -- 2.2 million people living on the strip. one million of them are already displaced from the north of the gaza strip to the south. cramped in unrwa schools and other buildings that were not ready to receive such a huge amount of people. many of them, having lost their homes, their loved ones, and the families. inside the shelters, the conditions are really unsanitary because we are not able to produce sufficient clean water for people to drink and they themselves because we don't have fuel for the water desalination plant. we also do not have sufficient medicine and sufficient food to nourish or give these people. so we are truly facing a huge humanitarian crisis. unrwa on top of it has already lost 57 staff members. so i have lost 57 colleagues, some of them killed in t

well, earlier i spoke to unrwa spokesperson, tamara alrifai. asked what her top priority was in using the very limited fuel supplies at their disposal. everything is a priority, because right now the question we are asking is, should we unplug incubators for premature babies in hospitals? should we stop providing fuel to the bakeries, knowing around i million people only get one piece of bread per day. should we stop pumping clean water through our desalination plants. that's the only way for people to drink water that is not contaminated. so this is the state of discussions that we have as aid workers, and it's really excruciating to have to ask ourselves these questions. is there anywhere else that you can go to get aid? are there some of the many charities working in gaza who have fuel storage? and israel says that you should get your fuel from hamas. they say hamas does have fuel stocks but they are not sharing them. we cannot talk about what others have in gaza, including hamas. but we should not be begging warring parties for fuel anyway.

tamara alrifai from the united nations relief and works agency for palestine refugees.he spoke on why the aid just isn't enough given the in gaza. in quantity and in content. m, 15, 20 trucks per day is very, very little in the face of the immense needs of people in gaza. all over gaza, including 400,000 internally displaced people who are currently taking shelter in schools and buildings. one very important point to keep reiterating and thanks bbc for giving us airtime is no fuel is entering into gaza, no fuel has come into gaza over the last two weeks. it has not been part of the convoys of last night and the day before. without fuel we are not going to be able to move any trucks around, we're not going to be able to generate electricity that is much for water dissemination plants and for life—support machines in hospitals. of course, israel has said that although it has agreed to allow aid to continue into the gaza strip after it had tightened its siege, it said it faced unprecedented attacks on its soil. just over two weeks ago, a massacre, hostages taken into the g

well, earlier i spoke to unrwa spokesperson tamara alrifai.sked her because fuel supplies are running so short, they had to make these tough decisions now about what should be the top priority. so i asked her what was the most important need at this hour. everything is a priority. because right now the question we are asking is, should we unplug incubators for premature babies in hospitals? should we stop providing fuel to the bakeries knowing that around a million people only get one piece of bread per day? should we stop pumping clean water through our desalination plants? that is the only way for people to drink water that is not contaminated. this is the state of discussions that we have as aid workers and it's really excruciating to have to ask ourselves these questions. is there anywhere else that you can go to get aid? are there some of the many charities working in gaza? do they have fuel storage? and, of course, israel says that you should get your fuel from hamas. they say that hamas does have fuel stocks but they are not sharing the

live now to amman and unrwa spokesperson, tamara alrifai. been warning for many years —— many days that fuel was desperately short and you might have been forced into this position to cut back what you can do. is there a sense about what the top priority is now with the limited fuel that you do have? hi. now with the limited fuel that you do have? , , ., do have? hi. everything is a priority. _ do have? hi. everything is a priority, because _ do have? hi. everything is a priority, because right- do have? hi. everything is a priority, because right nowl do have? hi. everything is a i priority, because right now the question we are asking is, should we unplug incubators for premature babies in hospitals. should we stop providing fuel to the bakeries, knowing around 1 million people only get one piece of bread per day. should we stop pumping clean water through our desalination plants. that's the only way for people to drink water that is not contaminated. so this is the state of discussions that we have as aid workers, and it's really excrucia

tamara alrifai, we a- reciate and principles. tamara alrifai, we appreciate your — and principles.e upsets. if- past argentina in the final. but we go to sport to see upsets. if we i go to sport to see upsets. if we knew the results, we wouldn't bother going so that should give england fans hope, that they can cause huge upset and beat south africa. thousands of fans are flocking to paris, others are working out where they will be watching at home. wales, ireland and scotland fans tell me they will be supporting south africa. everyone will have their own feelings and emotions. the majority of the england team were involved four years ago, when england were favourites in the world cup final, but lost to south africa, so they'll be out for revenge against the reigning champions, in paris tonight, but on current form, are underdogs this time. thousands of england fans are decending on paris for this semi final — the team again hoping to silence their critics. so poor was england's form going into this tournament, that there was speculation as to whether they would make it out of the g

tamara alrifai from unrwa gave us this update from her team on the ground in gaza.that we have 13,000 staff in gaza, most of them, almost all of them, minus a few are people from gaza. they for the most sheltering in designated schools and shelters and where they are, they are doing all they can so for instance we have mobile medical teams doing the rounds in about 90 shelters in the middle and south regions of gaza. also bread has continued to arrive to the shelter thanks to co—operation from the world food programme, but as gaza is running out of clean water, people have been drinking water that is not fit for human consumption and thus also causes a huge risk for our ability and the wfp feasibility and the feasibility of the bakeries to continue making but if there is no clean water and our call is very clear. clean water must go into gaza, you must go into gaza to be able to nourish the water desalination plants so we and civilians have access to clean drinking water. basic medical supplies. we are talking about paracetamol, antibiotics, insulin have to go in. t