“UNICEF” warning about the hunger crisis of children in Gaza
| The executive director of UNICEF announced that one sixth of children under the age of two in the north of the Gaza Strip are severely malnourished. |
report Mehr News Agency quoted by Al Jazeera, the United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF announced that one out of every six children under the age of 2 living in northern Gaza suffers from severe malnutrition.
Catherine Russell, the executive director of UNICEF, expressed concern about the continuation of the war in Gaza by announcing this.
The World Food Program also issued a statement warning about the hunger crisis in the Gaza Strip. Famine is lurking in northern Gaza, as the region has received only a small amount of aid in recent weeks, the statement said. The World Food Program emphasized that about 300,000 people in this region live with very little food or clean water.
The spokesman of the Ministry of Health of the Gaza Strip also stated in an interview with Al Jazeera: The Zionist occupation is a new war. They have launched a hunger war against the residents of the Gaza Strip. He added: The number of Palestinian citizens who die due to hunger is increasing. Palestinian children constitute a significant part of these martyrs. This Palestinian official added: Children who are hospitalized in the intensive care unit are at risk of dying from starvation.
