GENEVA, (PIC)
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor revealed that more than 71% of the sample of a study it conducted in the Gaza Strip suffer from severe levels of hunger, as a result of Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon to punish Palestinian civilians.
The Euro-Med Monitor said in a statement on Tuesday that it has conducted an analytical study that included a sample of 1,200 people in Gaza to explore the effects of the humanitarian crisis on the residents of the Strip in the midst of the ongoing Israeli war of genocide.
The results of the study demonstrated that 98% of the respondents suffer from insufficient consumption of food. Around 64% of them eat grass, fruits, immature food, and expired materials to satisfy hunger.
The study found out that the rate of access to water, including drinking water, bathing and cleaning water, is 1.5 liters per person per day in the Gaza Strip; that is, 15 liters less than the basic water requirements for the level of survival, according to Sphere international criteria.
The report showed that 66% of the sample of the study said that they have been suffering during the current month from cases of intestinal diseases, diarrhea, and skin rashes.
The Euro-Med Monitor quoted testimonies of doctors as saying that there is an increase in the death rate as a result of heart attacks and fainting in Gaza City and northern Gaza, which have been witnessing more serious deterioration in the humanitarian crisis and hunger rates.
Euro-Med called for taking a decisive international action to enforce a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and prevent further deterioration of the situation that is threatening the lives of civilians by providing unrestricted entry of basic and relief materials, and the necessary supplies of food, water, medicine and fuel into the entire Gaza Strip to meet the needs of the population.
