Published : 14-01-2015
The elderly, children, and women of the Yarmouk camp have become at risk of starving, thirst, and cold to death because of the siege imposed on them, and because of the prevention of entering relief aids provided by UNRWA for more than a month, and the continuation of the water cut all over the camp for about 127 days respectively, and power cut for more than a year and a half,
According to our correspondent that some of the camp's residents are now looking for food scraps in the garbage, and that weakness became clearly obvious at the features of the people, especially children and the elderly.
It should be noted that, on 13/1 /2014 six victims died in the Yarmouk refugee camp, three elders died of starvation; they are "Jameil Al Quebi" (80 years), "Basil Hassan Shihabi" (40 years), and "Nour" unidentified (50 years), while three were killed by sniper shot; they are the young man "Majid Imad Awad" (19 years), the child "Mahmoud Sabbagh," and Ziad Al Naji during their participation in a march by the residents of the Yarmouk camp to denounce the unjust siege imposed by the regular army and the PFGC, and to demand the entry of food.
Meanwhile, Al Wafaa European campaign warned, in a statement. from a humanitarian catastrophe and the return of famine to the Yarmouk refugee camp after the stop of aids and worse situation, especially after the snow storm, which exacerbates the difficult situation. The Campaign expressed a particular concern to women, children and the elderly in these tragic circumstances for more than 18 thousand people in the Yarmouk refugee camp. The campaign also appealed the relief organizations to respond quickly to the needs of the people of the Yarmouk camp and work hard to neutralize the civilians from the ongoing conflict in Syria.
In terms of medical aspect, yesterday, a number of critical health patients got out of the Yarmouk camp for treatment in Damascus hospitals.
The elderly, children, and women of the Yarmouk camp have become at risk of starving, thirst, and cold to death because of the siege imposed on them, and because of the prevention of entering relief aids provided by UNRWA for more than a month, and the continuation of the water cut all over the camp for about 127 days respectively, and power cut for more than a year and a half,
According to our correspondent that some of the camp's residents are now looking for food scraps in the garbage, and that weakness became clearly obvious at the features of the people, especially children and the elderly.
It should be noted that, on 13/1 /2014 six victims died in the Yarmouk refugee camp, three elders died of starvation; they are "Jameil Al Quebi" (80 years), "Basil Hassan Shihabi" (40 years), and "Nour" unidentified (50 years), while three were killed by sniper shot; they are the young man "Majid Imad Awad" (19 years), the child "Mahmoud Sabbagh," and Ziad Al Naji during their participation in a march by the residents of the Yarmouk camp to denounce the unjust siege imposed by the regular army and the PFGC, and to demand the entry of food.
Meanwhile, Al Wafaa European campaign warned, in a statement. from a humanitarian catastrophe and the return of famine to the Yarmouk refugee camp after the stop of aids and worse situation, especially after the snow storm, which exacerbates the difficult situation. The Campaign expressed a particular concern to women, children and the elderly in these tragic circumstances for more than 18 thousand people in the Yarmouk refugee camp. The campaign also appealed the relief organizations to respond quickly to the needs of the people of the Yarmouk camp and work hard to neutralize the civilians from the ongoing conflict in Syria.
In terms of medical aspect, yesterday, a number of critical health patients got out of the Yarmouk camp for treatment in Damascus hospitals.
