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Gaza humanitarian crisis grows more dire by the day

Published October 26, 2023 at 9:11 AM EDT
A woman walks carrying an infant in the playground of a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) agency that has been converted into a shelter for displaced Palestinians in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Oct. 25, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. (Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images)
A woman walks carrying an infant in the playground of a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) agency that has been converted into a shelter for displaced Palestinians in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Oct. 25, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. (Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images)

The humanitarian crisis in Gaza grows more dire by the day as Palestinians fleeing from Israel’s air strikes run out of food, water and fuel.

We hear from Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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