NEW YORK, (PIC)
Philippe Lazzarini, the director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), announced on Saturday that “Israel has prevented a food aid convoy from reaching northern Gaza for the second time in a week.”
Lazzarini warned in a post on his X platform account that the residents of northern Gaza are living on the brink of man-made famine that can be avoided.
The UN official pointed out that the last time UNRWA teams were able to send food aid to northern Gaza was about two months ago.
He highlighted that Israel, for the second time in a week, is preventing the arrival of the food aid convoys to northern Gaza.
He emphasized the need for Israeli authorities to allow the widespread delivery of food aid to the north, including through UNRWA, the largest humanitarian organization in Gaza.
Lazzarini concluded by saying, “Meanwhile, children will continue to die from malnutrition and dehydration before our eyes,” expressing his concerns that the unbearable situation may turn into a new normal.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel has been waging a devastating war on the Gaza Strip with American support, leaving tens of thousands of civilian casualties, mostly children and women, and causing a humanitarian catastrophe and massive infrastructure destruction.
As a result of the war and Israeli restrictions, the residents of Gaza, especially in Gaza City and the northern governorates, are on the brink of famine, amid severe shortages of food, water, medicine, and fuel, resulting in the deaths of children and the elderly, according to Palestinian and international data.
