"The US plan for a temporary pier in Gaza to increase the flow of humanitarian aid is a glaring distraction from the real problem: Israel’s indiscriminate and disproportionate military campaign and punishing siege. The food, water, and medical supplies so desperately needed by people in Gaza are sitting just across the border. Israel needs to facilitate rather than block the flow of supplies. This is not a logistics problem; it is a political problem. Rather than look to the US military to build a work-around, the US should insist on immediate humanitarian access using the roads and entry points that already exist.

Christopher Lock, the organization's representative, discusses the ongoing crisis in Gaza, where over one million people are trapped and living in fear of a ground invasion.

He shares a personal account of a recent attack on an MSF-marked building housing MSF staff and their families, resulting in fatalities and injuries. The speaker condemns the pattern of attacks against humanitarian workers and infrastructure, such as hospitals, which is either intentional or indicative of reckless incompetence.

The situation in Gaza has led to the systematic destruction of a health system that Doctors Without Borders have supported for decades. The humanitarian response is inadequate, with limited space, medicine, food, water, and safety available.

Lock urges the UN Security Council to take effective action to address the conflict in Gaza, adopt a …

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