GAZA, (PIC)
The Government Media Office (GMO) in Gaza Strip has renewed its warning of an imminent humanitarian disaster in the enclave due to the ongoing Israeli crime of closing the crossings and tightening the suffocating blockade for more than 64 consecutive days.
In a statement on Sunday, the GMO said that Israel continues to prevent the entry of baby formula, nutritional supplements, and all forms of humanitarian aid, leading to over 70,000 children being admitted to hospitals due to severe malnutrition.
It warned that under this systematic blockade, more than 3,500 children under the age of five face the imminent risk of death from starvation, while around 290,000 children are on the brink of disaster. Meanwhile, 1.1 million children lack the minimum food necessary for survival every day. This is a crime of genocide being carried out by Israel through the weapon of starvation amidst a shameful international silence.
The statement emphasized that the systematic starvation policy practiced by the Israeli occupation against children in the Gaza Strip, as well as the prevention of food and medicine, constitutes a full-fledged genocide under international law. It held the international community responsible for complicity with its silence and for failing to pressure Israel to end this criminal and unethical blockade, and to save the lives of 1.1 million children in Gaza before hunger and killing take more innocent lives.
GMO called on the international community, UN institutions, and various humanitarian and international organizations to take urgent and immediate action to pressure for the opening of crossings and the regular and immediate entry of baby formula and nutritional supplements, and to end this inhumane blockade.
