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What they are witnessing is that we, we've almost entered *** new phase of, of this war. Um, that's at least what it feels like. We're really at the worst point that we've ever been at, um, in, in this humanitarian crisis of over 20 months, and that is not just because of the incessant bombardments and, and the displacements, uh, currently less than. Then 18% of the territory of the Gaza Strip is not under displacement order or not designated as *** military zone, but It's really um because of, of the combination of hunger and thirst, um, and, and these images that we see coming out of Gaza, um, people having to risk their lives to, to get their hands on, on *** little bit of, of food. Um, everyone that my colleagues come across is, is hungry, um, is thirsty. Uh, the, the water production facilities are operating roughly at, at 150. percent capacity because since electricity was cut off from the Gaza Strip at the beginning of this war, these facilities are completely reliant on fuel to desalinate water, to pump water up, and then also to to distribute it. And fuel is as scarce as, as anything else in in the Gaza Strip today. So we're looking at this situation of engineering. Years, man-made scarcity that has driven population really into, into panic and into despair. My, my colleague James, um, just, just two weeks ago, um, interviewed children who had gotten injured very badly actually, at, at food distribution sites. But some of these children have, have sadly passed away in, in the meantime because healthcare is also So not really available anymore. Hospitals are just overwhelmed by the constant inflow of of wounded, and there's *** shortage of of everything medicines, and medical equipment, medical supplies. Um, so that's why we're humanitarians, any humanitarian you'll talk to today will, will tell you um that the situation has, has reached *** new low. We're really hitting *** rock bottom and key is here that it doesn't have to be this way. We have supplies ready to, to, to bring in um specialized nutrition supplies, hygiene supplies, nappies for babies, sanitary pads, uh, for, for women and girls, um, but we're, we're not authorized to bring all of those supplies in, and we're also only authorized to bring in limited quantities, very select, uh, supplies. So, so this is what is really exacerbating the crisis.