Gaza is now barrelling towards “a real catastrophe”, Mandhari said. The Hamas-controlled health ministry in Gaza said around 2,750 people have been killed and 9,700 wounded while, according to the UN, one million have been displaced. Power outages threaten to cripple life-support systems, from sea water desalination plants to food refrigeration and hospital incubators. Cairo has refused to allow foreign nationals to exit without humanitarian aid coming in. He announced in Cairo on Sunday that the US had appointed veteran former diplomat David Satterfield to work on aid to Gaza.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 16, 2023 16:03 UTC