Aid teams that reached Gaza City on Friday after a week-long military offensive by Israeli forces described apocalyptic scenes with “building after building” flattened.

Some 300,000 people now remain in the north of Gaza, according to latest estimates from the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, which is working to get basic supplies to the most vulnerable, including hygiene kits for women and girls.

“This is the biggest ask we’re having in the north and in the south,” said UNRWA Senior Communications Officer Louise Wateridge, who’s been speaking to UN News’s Daniel Johnson via Zoom from the enclave.