Gaza's situation unprecedented, indescribable: UNRWA

STORY: Gaza's situation unprecedented, indescribable: UNRWA SHOOTING TIME: March 8, 2024 DATELINE: March 10, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:43 LOCATION: GAZA, Palestine CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Gaza 2. various of local residents 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): SOBHY, Gaza resident 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): GHASSAN ABU-HASHESHA, Gaza resident STORYLINE: Commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Philippe Lazzarini said on Friday that the situation in the Gaza Strip defies description and has not been seen "in any previous crisis." "We are facing a tragedy that is not related to food," Lazzarini said in a press statement, noting that people in Gaza suffer from deliberate starvation operations that could have been avoided. He warned that the Gaza Strip, inhabited by about 2.35 million people, is on the verge of entering into a famine, and "children there are dying due to hunger and thirst," stressing the need to open land