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UNOPS chief urges immediate fixes in Gaza: fuel, demining, power repair and open corridors
Summary
UNOPS Executive Director Jorge Moreira da Silva, speaking from Jerusalem after a day in Gaza, urged immediate aid measures — fuel deliveries, demining and rubble clearance, and a $10,000,000 repair to the Gaza power station — and called for all crossings and corridors, including the Jordan Corridor, to be opened so supplies can reach people in need.
Jorge Moreira da Silva, executive director of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), said after a day visiting Gaza that immediate operational fixes — not only long-term reconstruction planning — are needed to prevent further civilian hardship.
"What is needed to put the power station functioning again? $10,000,000," Moreira da Silva said, citing an engineering assessment of the Gaza power plant and urging donors and authorities to fund short-term repairs while larger reconstruction planning proceeds. He said fuel deliveries currently power the only electricity in Gaza and called fuel "life today in Gaza."
The UNOPS chief outlined several urgent needs on his visit: predictable fuel volumes for hospitals, bakeries and schools; mine action and demining so rubble can be removed safely; rehabilitation of water, sanitation and electrical networks; temporary shelters; and building…
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