Mr. Jim Clarken:

Oxfam was able to support 1.2 million people, which is nearly half the population of Gaza, during the period and in the intensity of it. UNRWA is a vital life-serving and life-saving organisation. These are organisations that work within international humanitarian law. We have very strict rules and guidelines that we have to adhere to. Otherwise, we are not doing our jobs. This organisation that was set up does not do that. It was never designed to do that. Almost no aid is flowing. There are propaganda videos out there showing this alternative universe but our experience, and that of our staff on the ground who we are in daily contact with, tells us the situation is dire and getting direr every day. We are in famine-like conditions. It would be an absolute abomination if a famine were declared in a place like Gaza, which was not wealthy but could sustain itself for all these decades. It is absolutely not working. It was never going to work and all the agencies said that from the get-go, including the UN, international bodies and so on. We must restore proper humanitarian access. The aid is there. People are there who need it desperately.