The pastor of Gaza’s sole Catholic parish said that “when people say the situation here is disastrous, believe me: it truly is disastrous, if not deserving of an even stronger descriptor.”
Father Gabriel Romanelli, I.V.E., told the SIR news agency that “is needed to reach a hospital, a workplace, or a school, or to visit the sick and deliver aid.” However, diesel, he says, costs $13 per liter ($49 per gallon), and a donkey costs between $16,000 and $17,000.
“People are living with nothing,” he added. “Reconstruction efforts are certainly needed, but so are all the essentials for daily life.”