Humanitarian groups providing aid in Gaza face steep barriers

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, which runs dozens of schools across Gaza, has converted those facilities into emergency shelters because Israel typically takes care to avoid hitting them with airstrikes. Roughly 48,000 people have sought refuge in 58 schools, Tamara Alrifai, the UNWRA’s director of strategic communications, told The Washington Post. Aid workers fear that overcrowding will drive a surge in coronavirus infections, and personal protective equipment is in short supply.