“Just in the last two weeks we have noticed 10 incidents including shooting at convoys, arrest of personnel UNincluding intimidation, stripping, threats of gun violence and long delays at checkpoints, forcing convoys to move after dark or to standstill,” wrote Philippe Lazzarini on Platform X.
Gaza Strip. The dramatic situation of millions of people
Lazzarini also called “Hamas and other armed groups to cease all attacks at humanitarian crossings, refrain from diverting aid and ensure that aid reaches all those in need.”
The situation in Gaza Strip In an interview with NBC News, the head of the World Food Program (WFP), Cindy McCain, confirmed that there was “full hunger” in the northern enclave of 2.3 million people.
– There is famine in the north, on a large scale, and covers areas towards the south, she said.
Meanwhile, the Israeli Ministry of Defense agency COGAT, which is tasked with coordinating aid deliveries to the Palestinian territories, assures that Israel continues to increase its efforts to provide aid for Gaza Strip.
Israel denies the allegations
“During the talks between representatives of Israel and the UN, including WFP, none of the entities indicated a risk of famine in the northern Gaza Strip,” COGAT said on Platform X, noting improving the situation, international organizations said last week that the volume of goods transported to northern Gaza should be reducedbecause they are too large in relation to the population.
A March UN report stated that famine was imminent in the northern Gaza Strip and would likely occur as early as May, and could spread throughout the entire Palestinian territory by July. It is estimated that at least 20 percent the local population suffers from extreme food shortages, every third child is severely malnourished, and two people in 10,000 They die every day from hunger or from malnutrition and disease.
The UN says that usually when a famine is officially declared somewhere, It's too late to save many people. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said last week that the most vulnerable in northern Gaza were “already dying of hunger and disease.”
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