World Health Organization warning about famine in Gaza
report Mehr News Agency quoted Al Jazeera, following the continuation of international warnings about the extremely critical situation of the health sector in Gaza, the World Health Organization announced that there is no safe place in the Gaza Strip.
The spokesperson of the World Health Organization stated in a conversation with Al Jazeera: We urgently need to transfer sick patients out of the Gaza Strip, and this is because of the closure There are no crossings, there is no such possibility. Currently, 60 trucks carrying humanitarian aid are ready to enter the Gaza Strip in the city of Al-Arish in Egypt, but we cannot bring them in because the crossings are closed.
The spokesperson of the World Health Organization emphasized: a way must be found as soon as possible for humanitarian aid to enter the Gaza Strip, and without immediate aid delivery to Gaza, there is an imminent risk of famine in We will face this area.
As the food security situation in the Gaza Strip continues to deteriorate and the US-based Famine Early Warning Systems Network in its latest report released on May 31, 2024 Shed announced that we will probably see the official beginning of famine in Gaza in April this year, and it is expected that this famine will continue on a large scale, at least until July; Unless there are major changes in providing food aid.
According to this report, 9 months after the end of the Gaza war; The number of Palestinian martyrs in this area has exceeded 37 thousand people. Deliberately stopping and reducing the flow of food, water and other humanitarian aid to Gaza has left more than 1.1 million people in dire straits. With the recent attack on Rafah, about one million Palestinians have been displaced in this city, and they have to go to other places in search of safety.
Before this, the Rafah and Karam Abu Salem crossings in the south of the Gaza Strip were considered the main access points for humanitarian aid; But since the start of the military operation in Rafah in early May, aid entering Gaza through these two crossings has dropped to the lowest level during the war. Aid facilities operating in Rafah have also been forced to shut down their operations, for example the UN has suspended food distribution in Gaza due to growing security concerns.
