we begin with israel s war against hamas amid renewed humanitarian concerns for those living in the region. the un says the bombardment has rendered the territory uninhabitable. for more, my colleague caitriona perry spoke earlier with mara kronenfeld who is the executive director for the un s agency for palestinian refugees in the us. mara, thanks forjoining us again. can you tell us more about the current situation they re in gaza, such as your colleagues are seeing it? what s it like at the moment? gaza is a place right now, i have to say, at the moment of desperation and despair. there are tens of thousands of women and children, mostly who have been killed or injured. 70% of those killed and injured have been women and children. families are sleeping in the streets in increasingly colder temperatures. we ve seen the rain and the floods there. areas where civilians have been told to relocate are coming under bombardment. the medicalfacilities in the strip are under relent
rendered uninhabitable. for the next half hour we will focus in on the conflict in the escalation in violence in a week where israel as laid out plans for what happens in gaza post conflict. we will look at when that end might come as international pressure continues to build on israel and we will hear from families of hostages taken from the nova festival almost three months ago on october seven, as they visit the place where their loved ones were abducted by hamas. but let s zoom in on the plight of those stuck in gaza. i spoke to a programme director for human rights watch. thank you for being here to discuss what is becoming a humanitarian disaster, really, in gaza. i want to start with those comments from the united nations official who said that the gaza strip is now uninhabitable. you agree with that assessment? i uninhabitable. you agree with that assessment? that assessment? i do. and there is a that assessment? i do. and there is a reason that assessment? i do
rendered the territory uninhabitable. he says in a statement that. to talk more about the situation on the ground, i spoke earlier to mara kronenfeld, executive director for unrwa usa. thanks forjoining us again. can you tell us more about the current situation they re in gaza, you and your colleagues are seeing? what s it like at the moment? are seeing? what s it like at the moment? gaza is a place, i have to say. the moment? gaza is a place, i have to say. at the moment? gaza is a place, i have to say, at the the moment? gaza is a place, i have to say, at the moment of| have to say, at the moment of desperation and despair. there tends of thousands of women and children, mostly who have been killed or injured, mostly at 70% of those killed or injured have been women and children. families are sleeping in the streets in increasingly colder temperatures, we ve seen the rain and the floods there. areas where civilians have been told to relocate our coming under bombardm
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has become a place of death and despair. the next half an hour we will focus on the conflict and escalation in violence in a week where israel has laid out plans for what happens in gaza post conflict and we will also take a look at when the end may come as international pressure continues to build on israel. and we will talk to those families with people taken in the nova festival as they visit the nova festival as they visit the place where their loved ones were abducted but first, we want to zoom in on the plight of those stuck in gaza and for that, let s bring in the programme director at human rights watch. thank you for being here to discuss what is truly becoming a humanitarian disaster and i want to start with the comments from the un official who said the gaza strip is not uninhabitable. do you agree? now uninhabitable. i you agree? now uninhabitable.- you agree? now uninhabitable. ., ., uninhabitable. i do and there is a reason uninhabitable. i do and ther