GAZA, (PIC)
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) reported that more than 66,000 children in the Gaza Strip are suffering from severe malnutrition due to the ongoing Israeli starvation policy, amid two-month blockade of food and aid.
UNRWA spokesman Adnan Abu Hasna added in a press statement on Tuesday that hundreds of thousands of Palestinians eat one meal every two or three days.
Since March 2, the occupation forces have closed the crossings with the Gaza Strip to food, relief and medical aid and goods, causing a significant deterioration in the humanitarian situation.
The famine-related deaths have risen to 57 since the start of the war of extermination, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health, which warned that the number would increase given the closure of the crossings and the two-month blockade of aid and food.
Palestinian government and UN officials have repeatedly warned of the repercussions of Israel’s ongoing closure of the crossings and the two-month blockade.
According to the Hebrew news site, Walla, the Israeli cabinet approved a plan to resume the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip through an international fund and private companies, a mechanism that has been widely rejected by the Palestinian side and international institutions as a violation of humanitarian principles.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher have previously stated that the UN agency will not participate in any plan that does not adhere to the universal principles of humanitarianism, impartiality, independence, and neutrality.
Since October 7, 2023, Israeli occupation forces have been waging a continuous aggression against the Gaza Strip, resulting in the martyrdom of 52,567 citizens, the majority of whom are children and women, and the injury of 118,610 others, according to preliminary figures, as a number of victims remain under the rubble and on the streets because ambulance and rescue crews are unable to reach them.
