Zionist attack on aid workers/ increase in children’s deaths due to hunger
Informed sources stated that due to the closure of the routes and severe security problems created by the occupying regime, there is no possibility to deliver aid to the north of the Gaza Strip, and any food, even powdered milk for babies, has become extremely rare in this area. |
According to the international group Tasnim News Agency, while the people of Gaza enter the month of Ramadan with empty stomachs and most of the time they don’t find anything for Sahri and Iftar, the sources informed about the limited aid supply to this area stated that some logistical problems and many security challenges are the biggest obstacles in the aid reaching Gaza.
The increase in the death of children and infants in northern Gaza due to hunger
These sources added, since the Zionist regime It has completely cut off any aid delivery to the north of the Gaza Strip and put its residents in a heavy and suffocating siege. The people here are in the midst of an indescribable disaster, and they cannot go to the center due to the closed roads and severe security risks. Go to the south of Gaza.
Reports received from the north of Gaza show that these days not even a container of baby formula can be found, especially for premature babies, and hospitals in the north of the Gaza Strip constantly receive reports about the deaths of babies due to starvation. and thirst, and in fact, the children and hungry people of Gaza, especially in the northern regions, are subject to systematic killing due to hunger.
Complete famine in northern Gaza It has become devoid of any food and not only meat but also rice, pasta, grains and everything that can be saved from hunger has become rare in this region.
According to this report, there is no flour in the markets. And there are no warehouses and houses in the north of Gaza, and this has caused crowding in the queues to receive flour in Al-Quit square during the past days; Where the occupiers brutally massacre these people who are waiting to receive flour to save them from hunger. /span>
The reports show that in the framework of the hunger war against the people of Gaza, in addition to killing the people who were in line to receive flour, the Zionists wanted to bomb the aid trucks and the organizers of these aid and massacre those who are busy with cooking services for the people of Gaza, and 4 days ago, a businessman and one of those who was responsible for organizing aid to Gaza were killed in the same way.
On the other hand, Palestinian human rights organizations announced yesterday in a statement that the repeated crimes of the Israeli occupying forces in killing hungry people and bombing aid distribution centers in Gaza is shameful and these crimes require accountability. The intensification of the deliberate attacks of the occupiers on the people who are waiting in line to receive food takes place while there is no international action to prosecute the perpetrators of these crimes.
In the continuation of this statement, it is stated that the occupiers want to continue the crime of genocide against men and women. For the 161st consecutive day, Palestinian women insist on using hunger as a weapon of war and mass murder against the starving people of Gaza. On Friday, the occupying forces opened fire on dozens of people who were waiting for help on Al-Rashid Street, three of them were martyred and a number of others were wounded.
Monday coincides with the first day of Ramadan in Gaza. Children died due to severe hunger and thirst in Kamal Adwan Hospital in the north of the Gaza Strip, bringing the number of children who died of starvation to 21 and the total number of those who died due to starvation to 28. people arrive Of course, the number of people who died due to hunger and thirst in northern Gaza is several times this number, and many did not reach the hospital.
The Ministry of Health of Gaza expressed concern about famine and dehydration throughout Gaza and announced: Famine in The north of this area has reached the deadly limit. Currently, 120,000 families in the north of the Gaza Strip are suffering from real famine, and 80% of the houses in Gaza and its north are uninhabitable.
The relevant sources also warned about the critical conditions of the children of Gaza and announced that the Gaza Strip There is a severe lack of food for children, and in this situation where mothers do not have the strength to breastfeed their babies as a result of malnutrition, powdered milk is also extremely scarce, and this crisis is not only related to the north, but the whole of Gaza suffers from this disaster.
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned in a statement about the catastrophic situation of children in Gaza and announced: Our fear and concern about the death of children in Gaza due to hunger has become a reality and at least ten children have been hospitalized in Kamal Adwan Hospital in recent days. In the north of Gaza, they died of hunger and thirst, and malnutrition has spread across the Gaza Strip.
© | Webangah News Hub has translated this news from the source of Tasnim News Agency |