More than 250 Palestinian families from East Gotain Damascus suburb are suffering of siege and lack of medical care with thousands of Syrians who are besieged by the Syrian regime since the beginning of September 2013.
In details, at least 250 Palestinian families, who are distributed at Doma, Zamalka, HAza, and Hamoureia areas, are suffering from severe food shortages because of the suffocating siege imposed by the regular army on the neighborhoods of Eastern Gota, while snipers, who are spread in the adjacent areas, prevent residents from access to the capital Damascus, where many civilians were sniped while trying to reach the capital, Damascus.
High food prices have exacerbated their suffering, while most of them who lost their jobs were forced to sell their belongings and clothes for feeding their children.
These harsh conditions forced the others to work collecting and selling firewood, and collecting and recycle plastic for fuel in order to sell them in an attempt to secure what keeps their children alive, especially in light of the acute shortage of basic materials and medical care.
The residents complain of not being able to get any relief assistance provided by the UNRWA; the spread of snipers prevented their access to the headquarters of UNRWA in the capital Damascus, while UNRWA stopped its aids for them.
For their part, the residents demanded, through the AGPS, all international bodies, especially UNRWA, the official Palestinian authorities, the Palestinian embassy in Damascus, the PLO, and theArab and European relief organizations to take action in order to put an end to their suffering, and to deliver urgent relief aid for them.