An inside account of delivering aid to Gaza: 'Each time it's getting more desperate'
Philippe Lazzarini has visited Gaza three times since the war began. He says each time he can't imagine the situation could get more desperate — and then it does.
This week, experts expect to mark a milestone in Gaza — 20,000 people dead from Israel's offensive, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
That translates to about 1 out of every 115 people in Gaza killed. Neighborhoods have been flattened, hospitals and shelters are inundated and overwhelmed, and families have been decimated.
With signs of a potential truce for a hostage exchange between Israel and Hamas, human rights groups are expressing how dire the circumstances have become for people still in Gaza.
Philippe Lazzarini is the commissioner-general for UNRWA — the United Nations relief agency that aids Palestinians — and he spoke to host Mary Louise Kelly on
