"Khaled Abu Jarrar spends his days trying to find ways to get his wife treatment for her recently diagnosed liver cancer. The 58-year-old, originally from the town of Beit Hanoon in northern Gaza, but displaced with his family for the last year and a half in Gaza City, knows that his wife needs to travel abroad urgently. list of 3 itemsend of list It is why he is so desperate for the Rafah crossing, previously the Gaza Strip's main access point to the outside world,"
"The National Committee for Gaza Management (NGAC) met for the first time last week, in the Egyptian capital, Cairo. It will manage Gaza's day-to-day affairs in place of the Palestinian group Hamas as part of the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire plan. The US announced that the second phase had begun last week. Khaled now wants to see tangible results from the NGAC and the second phase, starting with the opening of the Rafah crossing."
"His pessimism is understandable. Israel has continued to attack Gaza, killing more than 400 Palestinians since the beginning of the ceasefire. It has also made clear its opposition to the NGAC, and makes little effort to allow for life in Gaza to improve. One of Israel's most recent moves has been to order the shutdown of international humanitarian organisations providing vital medical care and food aid in Gaza."
A Gaza resident seeks urgent medical travel for his wife but faces closed crossings and displacement within Gaza City. The National Committee for Gaza Management (NGAC), a US-overseen group of Palestinian technocrats, convened in Cairo to manage Gaza's day-to-day affairs as part of a second ceasefire phase. Israel has largely kept the Rafah crossing closed, continued attacks that have killed thousands during the war and hundreds since the ceasefire began, and expressed opposition to the NGAC. Israel has ordered shutdowns of international humanitarian organisations that provide medical care and food aid. Aid flows remain slow and daily life in Gaza remains dangerous and constrained.
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