Imtiaz Sooliman – Israel Hamas Truce Gaza ceasefire holds, allowing aid to start flowing

Imtiaz Sooliman
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A reporter on the breakfast show discusses the impact of the Israel ceasefire on the people, particularly those who have been living in damaged homes. The reporter also talks about the challenges faced by the people in the aftermath of the war and the need for aid and humanitarian aid. The segment ends with a discussion of the safety of people in damaged homes and the need for aid and humanitarian aid.

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			Alright so Doctor MTS, Suleiman,
founder of gift of the givers, now
		
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			joins us by video link to weigh in
on the Israel hummus wall, looking
		
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			at AID and the humanitarian crisis
unfolding there. Dr MTS, good
		
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			afternoon, and thank you for your
time with us here on the SABC.
		
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			Good afternoon, Lisa, thank you
very much. Perhaps you could we
		
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			could get your thoughts on the
back of the announcement of the
		
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			ceasefire, since developments
unfolded on the seventh of
		
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			October, arguably 48 days ago.
		
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			Well, you know, it's a
psychological and emotional
		
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			support for the people, yes, for
the
		
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			fire. It sounds very cynical to
say,
		
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			Bring the water, bring the food
in, and after you are nicely fed,
		
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			and after you repeat and see about
you again, it sounds exactly like
		
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			that, but for most people, even
five minutes of peace, of
		
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			ceasefire is some kind of a
relief. For
		
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			very stunned to find as many
people on Egyptian border, and no
		
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			they want to go back inside. And
these are outside the country
		
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			before the war, and want to go
back desperately to know where
		
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			family members are, what's
happened to homes whose life,
		
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			whose way, who's injured because,
of course, communication systems
		
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			have been totally disrupted.
There's a main chaos of the
		
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			bombing everywhere you caught a
total disorder. So you can't
		
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			concentrate on inside, never mind
on the outside. And those people
		
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			are very keen. And Egypt has
announced that the border will
		
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			open tomorrow for people to go in.
And you can see even those few
		
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			hours means so much to those
people, even if they allow for
		
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			only four days, and the bomb will
come back and destroy them and
		
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			their homes and the hospitals and
the schools and the water plants
		
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			and everything humanitarian that
will be born by Israel and they
		
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			expect, but that that should that
few hours of respite. People want
		
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			to go to the north. They want to
know what's happening in the
		
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			north. Contrary to reports that
most of the North is empty, is not
		
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			true. There's hundreds of 1000s of
people still in the north who
		
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			haven't left, who haven't gone to
the south. People who enter the
		
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			south want to know what's up or
not, but yes, reprieve for four
		
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			days, but it's
		
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			very crazy last night and morning.
Be honest, Doctor. MTS, thank you
		
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			for those sentiments, because now
that aid is allowed to also enter.
		
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			How has that impacted? Obviously,
those who are in dying need, given
		
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			the realities on the ground,
people looking at what's left to
		
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			be salvaged, and what are the
needs on the grounds and the
		
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			challenges that your team faces as
you try to assist as well.
		
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			Well, everything is on it. You
know, as the photography
		
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			spokespot, no matter what comes
it's never going to be enough.
		
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			Remember, they're talking about
300
		
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			the P war requirement was nine
extracts a day three war nine in
		
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			the
		
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			last two weeks was going in. Was
46
		
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			so the backlog,
		
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			and I'm huge following what you
said for the walk. So three, I'm
		
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			not going to say hello, but
		
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			standard rule is you can't, buddy.
Unfortunately, that's
		
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			critical. Look at the hospitals
functioning again. They're going
		
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			to need anesthetic. You can't
operate. It's not anesthetic.
		
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			People have been pain without
anesthetic. Antibiotics easier,
		
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			and a range of clients,
		
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			of course, six health centers
functional after about 34 so
		
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			there's another crime. The roads
are damaged. You know, there's no
		
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			fuel to move us and there's very
difficult. It's very difficult to
		
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			move on the roads. You see that
all those collapsed buildings on
		
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			the ground, how fast you get
around, then those under the
		
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			rubble, how much time they have to
take their members out of the
		
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			rubble. It's like an earthquake in
the angry people everywhere. How
		
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			do you get everyone because you
can't move around fast enough? How
		
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			do you point 3 million people in
four days? What all these things?
		
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			It's it's nowhere near what needs
to be done and performing starts
		
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			again. Joining a field hospital,
you can feel hospital gonna be in
		
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			a safe place, but also any
hospital again. Now, what
		
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			happened? What happens to water
there? What happens to hygiene
		
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			needs? It is raining, it's cold.
		
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			The rules don't allow you. Israel
does not allow you to bring tents
		
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			in, so people in the open air, so
there's no shout for them. Oh,
		
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			I know any clothing they need, hot
drinks. All
		
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			this. What is now, whatever
happens as some sort of reprieve
		
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			for those people so and so, in
lieu of the developments, we
		
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			obviously looking at safety now
being a big concern, and we're
		
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			wondering how your team has
adapted since Ahmedabad here
		
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			passed away, how his family's
doing and.
		
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			And with safety coming to the
fore, the concerns about, you
		
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			know, regarding that, how has that
affected operations under these
		
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			circumstances as well?
		
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			Nothing has changed.
		
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			We told them, be careful and
		
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			to save a place in Gaza. What safe
place
		
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			we predicted that some of them
		
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			already sent a message to say,
start recruiting people
		
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			who may die and exact
		
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			but
		
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			people don't.
		
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			I have their outside, an FTM
inside Gaza collective members
		
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			outside and inside gap, they've
lost.
		
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			Dr MTS, we're losing your sound is
is not too great. We're struggling
		
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			to hear you. At this point, I'm
going to leave the conversation
		
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			there. But thank you for your time
with us on the scbc and at this
		
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			hour, of course. Dr MTS Suleiman
fund of gift of the givers joining
		
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			us via video link, just to weigh
in on the Israel Hamas war,
		
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			looking at the aid and
humanitarian crisis, and perhaps
		
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			also on the back of the ceasefire,
the temporary ceasefire that had
		
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			been announced for the next four
days, Of course, that started a
		
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			day just after 7am you