article_snippet.sent: Of the more than 100,000 that used to live there, only about 18,000 remain, according to UNRWA, the U.N. agency tasked with aiding Palestinians.
article_snippet.sent: We have no food or water," one resident said, standing amid the ruins of Yarmouk's houses.
article_snippet.sent: There are few occasions where aid is allowed into Yarmouk, or where civilians are allowed out.
article_snippet.sent: UNRWA can only care for those who do manage to escape.
article_snippet.sent: U.N. official to visit besieged refugee camp .
article_snippet.sent: the U.N. agency, along with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, runs several shelters for displaced people in government-controlled areas near besieged refugee camp.
article_snippet.sent: But much more has to be done to respect the civilians and to make sure that the civilians are safe inside besieged refugee camp.
article_snippet.sent: But of course those still inside are by no means safe -- subjected to shelling, bombing and street combat on top of being thirsty, hungry and in need of medication.
article_snippet.sent: But I will not leave besieged refugee camp even if I am 75 or 76 years old.
article_snippet.sent: But despite the foundation defiance, there's seemingly nothing that can be done to prevent Yarmouk from being reduced to rubble.
article_snippet.sent: Desperation for Palestinians trapped in Syrian refugee camp .
highlights_snippet.sent: 18,000 Palestinian refugees remain in Yarmouk refugee camp near Damascus, cut off from vital aid .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: One defiant elderly resident told CNN: "I will not leave Yarmouk refugee camp near Damascus even if I am 75 or 76 years old" 