Shocking statistics of Gaza’s humanitarian crisis in the shadow of hunger and disease

According to the international group Tasnim News Agency, in the shadow of the continuation of brutal Zionist attacks on the Gaza Strip and destruction The region’s health system, institutions specializing in epidemics have warned of severe famine and epidemics throughout Gaza and announced that this trend will lead to the death of thousands of people.

According to UN data, in In January, about 100 trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered the south of the Gaza Strip every day, while even in a non-war situation, the people of Gaza needed about 500 humanitarian aid trucks daily to meet their needs. This is despite the fact that after January, the number of trucks carrying aid decreased to 66. Of course, this limited aid only enters the south, and in recent months, the Zionist regime has closed the way for any aid to enter northern Gaza. It prevents the transfer of food of any kind, even powdered milk, to this region.

Epidemic outbreak and famine in Gaza

Regarding the intensification of the humanitarian crisis. and the spread of famine in Gaza, senior international epidemiologists estimate that if the humanitarian crisis in Gaza continues in this way, the number of victims of the crisis of hunger and infectious diseases will reach 100 thousand people in the summer, and if this crisis worsens, it is expected that more Out of 120,000 people in Gaza will die due to epidemics and starvation.

In this context, Francisco Cicci, Professor of Epidemiology and International Health at the London School of Public Health, talks about the consequences of the worsening humanitarian crisis and the spread of famine. He warned in the Gaza Strip and said: I have been researching humanitarian crises for 20 years and even in Somalia I have not seen the level of hunger that we are witnessing in Gaza. The most worrying thing in Gaza right now is hunger, and if the amount of food entering the Gaza Strip remains constant and does not increase in the coming days, we will reach catastrophic levels of hunger.

The hunger crisis in Gaza is much worse. About the situation of the Somali people in the days of famine

He emphasized that the amount of energy received by each person in Gaza is now much less than the minimum energy that the people of Somalia received in the days of famine. The world must seriously understand and be aware that the amount of humanitarian aid and food that is currently entering Gaza is not enough for human survival.

Dr. Sechi in recent weeks with Dr. Paul Spiegel, director of the John Center. Hopkins, which is a humanitarian health center, has prepared a report on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, according to which even if the war ends tomorrow and the residents of the Gaza Strip receive all the humanitarian aid they need, 6,500 people are expected to die from injuries, diseases. infection and starvation.

Dangerous scenarios about the increase in victims of disease and hunger in Gaza This report also examines two additional scenarios for the Gaza war, such that if Israel attacks Rafah and the crisis worsens in the coming months, the number of dead (Gaza martyrs) is expected to exceed 85,000 even in total. It is possible that this number will reach 120 thousand people!

In another scenario, even if there is no attack on Rafah, if the war in Gaza lasts until the middle of summer and the humanitarian crisis remains as it is, the total forecast It is possible that another 58 thousand people will lose their lives and the number of victims will reach about 100 thousand. According to this study, the most common cause of death of Palestinians during the war is the severity of injuries caused by It is air strikes and currently 74 thousand wounded Palestinians in Gaza are struggling with death without receiving medical care.

It should be noted that during the war in Gaza, the occupiers destroyed 36 hospitals and 100 clinics and medical institutions. and the health system in Gaza has practically collapsed.

Dr. Raslan Abu Astieh, a physician at Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza, explained in an online meeting with Harvard Medical School staff how he and his colleagues had to perform amputations without anesthesia and painkillers.

Terrible diseases of children in Gaza under the shadow of war

The second most common cause of death in Gaza Today it is related to infectious diseases. The World Health Organization reported that children in tents are 23 times more likely to suffer from diarrhea than on normal days and are at risk of dying from severe dehydration. In addition, cases of respiratory infections, chicken pox, skin diseases and urinary tract infections have also increased. UNICEF also reported that 90% of children under 50 years of age in Gaza suffer from one or more infectious diseases.

“Catherine Russell”, the executive director of UNICEF, said in an interview with CBS last week that the number of deaths that we have seen in Gaza over the past few months has not happened in any other conflict anywhere in the world. Is. Many children in Gaza are suffering from severe anemia and acute malnutrition, and they don’t even have the energy to cry anymore. This is while there are many challenges against the arrival of aid convoys to Gaza.

The United Nations Office of Humanitarian Affairs also warned on Thursday that time is running out and obstacles to access aid in the Gaza Strip remain. It continues.

The statement of this office emphasized that more than 1.1 million people in Gaza are facing severe levels of food insecurity and there is no alternative to send ground aid to Gaza with the aim of saving the lives of the people of this region in particular. It does not exist in the North, which is facing a terrible crisis.

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