Warning of international organizations about the spread of diseases and increase in death due to hunger in Gaza

according to the international group Tasnim news agency, among Several warnings have been raised about the danger of famine and starvation in the Gaza Strip in the shadow of the Zionists’ barbaric attacks on this area. They experience.

The World Food Program warned that in the shadow of the war that Israel has launched against the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, the Palestinians in this region are at risk of famine. And this threat is increasing day by day. The Gaza Strip is facing several crises, the most important of which is the lack of food and health care, as well as the increasing risk of starvation. The Gaza strip today is very different from four months ago, i.e. the period before the war; Where half of the buildings in this area have been destroyed and severely damaged, and its residents have been displaced.

According to the statement, the risk of famine in Gaza is increasing day by day, especially for about 300,000 people in the northern Gaza Strip, which is up to Many are deprived of receiving aid. The limited aid that reaches northern Gaza is not enough to prevent famine, and the region urgently needs quick and sustainable access to humanitarian aid.

The World Food Program stressed, The last time the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) was able to distribute food to residents of northern Gaza was on January 23.

The spread of various diseases in Gaza

This UN-affiliated body also announced the catastrophic health situation in the Gaza Strip, the health situation in the Gaza Strip in the shadow The continuation of bombings and attacks and the lack of medical teams and equipment and the many restrictions on the way of relief are getting worse day by day. UNRWA also reported that various diseases It is spreading rapidly in the Gaza Strip due to the lack of safe water and the severe lack of sanitary facilities. Also, according to the latest research conducted by nutrition and food aid organizations United Nations, there is a significant increase in acute malnutrition among children aged 6 to 59 months in the Gaza Strip after the war.

The World Health Organization also warned in the same context that hunger and the spread of infectious diseases cause an increase in the number of deaths among the residents of Gaza. It will.

The World Food Program warned about the famine in Gaza and announced that hunger has spread throughout Gaza and people cannot find any food to eat. As a result of Israel’s fierce war against Gaza’s civilians, between 83 and 97 percent of the displaced people in the Gaza Strip do not have enough food to eat. In some areas, about 90% of families cannot find even one meal a day. They need to get immediate medical attention. Before the start of these Israeli attacks on Gaza, in the shadow of the heavy siege against Gaza, 70% of the children in this region suffered from weak immune system and anemia, and after the start of the Israeli attacks and its consequences, 90% of the children in the Gaza Strip suffered from severe weakness. The immune system and acute anemia have suffered.

A few days ago, the state media office in the Gaza Strip reported that the people of Gaza are in the midst of a severe hunger crisis and the occupiers are on Famine crisis is concentrated in Gaza. Currently, nearly 800,000 people in the Gaza and northern provinces of this region are at risk of death due to starvation. Hunger and thirst have been part of the criminal policy of the occupying regime against the people of Gaza since the beginning of the genocide in this area, and the Zionists have targeted all drinking water wells in Gaza and are trying to destroy all elements of life in this area.

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