GAZA, (PIC)
Gaza’s Government Media Office (GMO) has reiterated its warning about the ramifications of Israel’s attacks on eastern Rafah and the closure of the vital Rafah border crossing with Egypt as well as the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) border crossing.
It warned of a “deep humanitarian catastrophe” unfolding in the overcrowded southern Gaza City, where more than 1.4 million displaced and hungry Palestinians have sought shelter.
The halt of aid and humanitarian supplies entering Gaza, as well as the tens of thousands of sick and wounded people who desperately need to leave the enclave for treatment, will only worsen the already dire situation, it said.
In the past 48 hours, Israeli forces banned the entry of more than 400 aid trucks, the office said.
People will have no food or water within the next few days across the southern governorates of Gaza, it warned, adding that famine would soon take hold in the south. Famine has already gripped the territory’s north.
