Today, Wednesday, the Secretary-General of the Arab League, Nabil Fahmy, issued an urgent humanitarian appeal to support the Palestinian people in Gaza, announcing the establishment of a humanitarian relief network for emergencies.
Fahmy stated in a statement reviewed by the news agency Video, that "Gaza is still suffering from a severe shortage of medicine, water, and food, and various aspects of human life have come to a halt due to the policies adopted by Israel, the occupying power, against more than two million Palestinians since October 7, 2023."
He added that "the onset of winter, along with the rain and floods, has exacerbated the suffering of thousands of displaced people and has led to the destruction of what remains of the fragile infrastructure due to the ongoing Israeli aggression, as well as the flooding and destruction of 40,000 shelters for the displaced and 70,000 tents, affecting more than 200,000 Palestinians, including the injured, children, women, the elderly, and the sick."
He indicated that "thousands of families have become homeless without shelter or heating means or suitable covers," calling on the international community to fulfill its legal and moral responsibilities, and urging Arab and international humanitarian organizations to take urgent and coordinated action to provide all possible forms of support to save the lives of victims and those affected, and to provide them with essential humanitarian assistance."
He confirmed that "the Arab League is taking the initiative, in light of these exceptional circumstances, to announce the establishment of a humanitarian relief network for emergencies, aiming to respond urgently to humanitarian crises in the Arab region, in coordination with the relevant authorities in the member states and parties working in the humanitarian field."
Fahmy called upon "all parties concerned with humanitarian affairs to join the initiative," stressing that "the League will immediately begin communicating with responders to the urgent humanitarian appeal to support the Palestinian people."