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Public commenter: Gaza under 'total and complete blockade,' urgent shortages reported
Summary
A public commenter told meeting participants that Gaza has experienced a near two-month closure that has emptied warehouses, closed bakeries and left aid agencies under unprecedented pressure, with shortages of shelter, rescue equipment and education materials.
Commenter, identified in the transcript as a public commenter, said Gaza is enduring a “total and complete blockade” that has lasted “almost 2 months” and is producing widespread humanitarian shortages.
“We know that people are hungry and that, non nutrition rates are rising, but our warehouses are empty. Our bakeries are closing and soon our community kitchens will be closed,” the commenter said. “We know people are trapped under the rubble after air strikes, but we don't have the equipments to be able to rescue them.”
The commenter described an intensification of air strikes and ground operations and rising displacement orders that are “pushing people out of their homes.” They said schools are “destroyed or inaccessible,” that education supplies are unavailable, and that UNRWA is “under unprecedented pressure.”
The transcript records the commenter saying there are no tents or shelter materials left to provide, and that the situation represents “an assault on people's dignity” and “doesn't really look like a war.” In a closing remark the commenter said some residents “feel like it's the deliberate dismantling of Palestinian life.”
The remarks were delivered as a single public comment; the transcript does not record any formal motion, vote or follow-up action by the meeting body in response. No additional speakers, staff responses or agency statements appear in the provided transcript excerpt.
