Lewis Hamilton packs aid in Jordan for Gaza victims as he shares impassioned statement about 'ending the suffering'
Lewis Hamilton was seen packing aid in Jordan for Gaza victims as he shared an impassioned statement about 'ending the suffering'.
The F1 driver, 41, travelled to Jordan to visit a hospital and aid packaging facility helping people in Gaza.
In a collection of pictures, Lewis was seen visiting hospital wards where infant victims were being cared for.
'We must keep lending our voices and our attention to this crisis,' Lewis said of his visit. 'We must continue to speak up for what is right.'
In his post, Lewis also wrote: 'The time I spent in Jordan visiting a hospital and aid packaging facility dedicated to helping people in Gaza was life changing. When you see what's happening on the ground, it can be so easy to feel hopeless and like there's nothing we can do to help.
'I thought that feeling of hopelessness would've been what I took away from my visit, but it wasn't.'
Lewis Hamilton was seen packing aid in Jordan for Gaza victims as he shared an impassioned statement about 'ending the suffering'
The F1 driver, 41, travelled to Jordan to visit a hospital and aid packaging facility helping people in Gaza
'What resonated the most was the spirit of resilience and humanity. The spirit of the families fighting for their survival. The spirit of doctors working tirelessly to save them. The spirit of the teams from the British Red Cross, Jordan Red Crescent and the Palestine Red Crescent Societies doing everything they can to deliver aid.
'We would all benefit from their spirit of resilience and their determination to help those who need it.'
He continued: 'Help is possible, ending this suffering is possible, but the trickle of aid currently reaching Gaza is nowhere near enough.
'Humanitarian organisations must be allowed to reach the places where help is needed, and they desperately need us to use our voices, and our donations, to help them do so.
'If you can, join me in donating to the British Red Cross or any of the incredible charities continuing to deliver care, dignity and hope to the people in Gaza and please, do not stop talking about this.'
Sharing a video of Lewis's visit, the Red Cross wrote: 'Witnessing the human cost of this crisis is impossible to forget.
'Lewis Hamilton travelled to Jordan last month to meet teams from the Jordan Red Crescent and the Palestine Red Crescent Societies, hearing directly from those working tirelessly to support people in Gaza.
'From doctors treating injuries, to teams supporting people through harsh winter conditions, the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement continues delivering care, dignity and hope.
In a collection of pictures, Lewis was seen visiting hospital wards where infant victims were being cared for
'We must keep lending our voices and our attention to this crisis,' Lewis said of his visit. 'We must continue to speak up for what is right'
In his post, Lewis also wrote: 'The time I spent in Jordan visiting a hospital and aid packaging facility dedicated to helping people in Gaza was life changing'
'But the trickle of aid reaching Gaza is nowhere near enough, and winter has only deepened the suffering. People need a sustained, unimpeded flow of lifesaving support to withstand these conditions.
'We must not stop talking about this continued and devastating crisis.'
Lewis's visit comes after the UN World Food Programme on Monday said it had 'significantly expanded' operations across Gaza 100 days into the ceasefire, reaching more than a million people each month with hot meals, bread bundles and food parcels, but it warned the situation remains 'extremely fragile'.
It noted that malnutrition has been prevented for 200,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women, as well as children under five, while school snacks are reaching 235,000 children in 250 temporary schools.
The most recent Integrated Food Security Phase Classification analysis in December indicated that 77 per cent of the population was facing crisis level food insecurity with more than 100,000 people experiencing catastrophic levels of hunger.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian teenager in southern Gaza, hospital authorities said on Monday.
Lewis said: 'Help is possible, ending this suffering is possible, but the trickle of aid currently reaching Gaza is nowhere near enough'
Sharing a video of Lewis's visit, the Red Cross wrote: 'Witnessing the human cost of this crisis is impossible to forget'
Hussein Tawfiq Abu Sabalah, 17, was shot in the Muwasi area of Rafah on Monday morning, according to Nasser Hospital.
It was not immediately clear whether he crossed into or came close to an Israeli-controlled area.
More than 460 people have been killed by Israeli fire and their bodies taken to hospitals since the ceasefire came into effect, according to Gaza's Health Ministry.
The ministry, which is part of Hamas-led government, maintains detailed casualty records that are seen as generally reliable by UN agencies and independent experts.
