Half a million people in Gaza are on the brink of famine
The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs announced that half a million residents of Gaza are not far from famine. |
report Mehr News Agency quoted by Al Jazeera, Martin Griffiths, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs announced that half a million people Some of the residents of Gaza are on the brink of famine.
Griffiths added: These people do not have access to the simplest basic needs of food, water and medical care. . The deprivation that the residents of Gaza are dealing with is hard and deep, and the aid, no matter how much, will not meet their needs.
He continued: We asked Israel as the occupying force in Gaza to open the way to to smooth the aid, but to no avail. Some settlements in the Gaza Strip have completely disappeared.
The Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations for Humanitarian Affairs stated: The refusal of the Group of 20 to take any action will lead to the death of more children and women in Gaza. We ask the members of the Group of 20 to help stop this war and save the residents of Gaza.
Griffiths said: What has happened in Gaza in the last 137 days is terrible in terms of severity. And the scope has been unprecedented. We need security to fulfill our duties and meet the existing needs in the Gaza Strip.