Geoff Bennett:
One of the key agencies overseeing the provision of aid into Gaza is the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian affairs.
Earlier today, I spoke with its leader, Tom Fletcher, who was in Gaza earlier today and joined us from Jerusalem.
You were in Gaza earlier today. What did you witness, especially in the areas that were harder to reach due to the fighting?
Tom Fletcher, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator: Well, thanks.
I came in through the north, which is the area worst affected by the conflict of the last 14, 15 months. And it’s desolate, and it’s being pummeled. You can’t tell what was a house, what was a school, what was a hospital.
And you see civilians picking through the wreckage, returning to their homes. And it takes some time to even find where their homes were, because everything has been flattened. So it’s grim. It’s desolate. But they are heading home and they are trying to rebuild.
