This chapter delves into the current crisis in the Middle East, focusing on the tensions between Hamas and Israel and the consequences of these events. It discusses the challenges faced by organizations like Mercy Corps in providing support to their team members in Gaza amidst restrictions and unsafe conditions. The chapter also highlights the efforts to establish connections and prepare for aid delivery once the situation improves.
Keeping calm in a crisis is essential — and extremely difficult. In this special Rapid Response, we hear what it’s like right now in the Gaza Strip. Mercy Corps’s Arnaud Quemin talks with Bob Safian from Amman, Jordan about how his team in Gaza is coping, sharing first-hand accounts from those on the ground. As director of the humanitarian organization’s Middle East operations, Arnaud himself had to relocate from Beirut due to the crisis. He shares how he’s trying to help his team and others in need. Despite high emotions, he says, there’s an imperative to stay neutral, to enable eventual progress.
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