People displaced by the Gaza war, especially children and teenagers, are waiting in line for up to three hours to use the toilet or get gas for cooking, taking advantage of a truce reached between Israel and Hamas, a video call from the Gaza Strip revealed today . representative UNICEFJames Elder.

“I saw lines of more than a kilometer of people in the rain waiting to get cooking gas and this half had to return home empty-handed,” he told representatives of the press accredited to the UN in Geneva.

Elder, who arrived shortly before the start of the truce last Wednesday, reported that the accession humanitarian aid in Gaza is “significant but not sufficient” and that it would take more than a four-day break in bombing to help all the people in need.

In his testimony, he assured that the situation was “much worse than he imagined,” especially in the south, where more than 1.8 million displaced who received almost no help during more than six weeks of fighting.

The devastation, trauma and stress can be seen in the stunned faces of people, especially children.

He claimed that ceasefire Permanent care is “fundamental” to the future of Gaza’s children who survive this war and who are orphaned, traumatized and have current living conditions that are “inadequate for their recovery.”

“They can only recover when they get the support they need and their lives begin to return to normal, and that only starts with lasting peace,” Elder said, recalling that at least one million children in Gaza are experiencing trauma and stress from -behind mental health.