The United Nations (UN) has hinted on its decision to join in the humanitarian talks going on in Gaza. The organization’s special envoy and aid chief, Martin Griffiths, has been sent to the Middle East to support negotiations and efforts at getting humanitarian services to blockaded areas in the Gaza Strip.
The UN chief, Griffiths, while speaking to the media, confirmed that he has left for Gaza, where he was expected to lead the UN mediation efforts geared towards aiding the state of displaced persons, the civilians caught in the war, and seeking the restoration of basic amenities in Gaza.
“I shall be going tomorrow to the region to try to help in the negotiations and bear witness”, Griffiths said.
He further stated that the UN department in charge of humanitarian affairs was in “deep discussions” with some countries, including Israel and Egypt.
Griffiths was impressed with the level of dedication displayed by aid workers on the ground, saying that “the extraordinary courage of the many thousands of aid workers who have stayed the course and who are still there helping the people in Gaza and in the West Bank”
According to the spokesperson for the United Nations humanitarian office, Griffiths was scheduled to be in Cairo earlier in the week before flying to other locations, including some of the troubled regions within the Middle East.
According to the spokesman, Griffiths mission to the Middle East will endure days of travels and mediations.
The Gaza talks became necessary following Israel’s decision to impose “total blockade” on the Gaza Strip. It announced that it was blocking the supply of food, water, medicine, fuel and electricity stating that it was in an outright war with those whose mission was to annihilate Jewish existence.
Israel declared an all-out war on Hamas, after Hamas invaded Israeli dominated Gaza, killing hundreds of people including women and children.
