A shocking account of death due to starvation in the northern Gaza Strip

Human rights activists record the situation of a number of Palestinian refugees in the north of the Gaza Strip who have not tasted any food for two to four days, the Deputy Director General of the Independent Human Rights Commission, Jamil Sarhan, says that the Israeli military not only prevents limited food from reaching these They become refugees who even when they want to get to another area to get food, they are targeted and they don’t allow the arrival of ambulances and rescue forces to die of hunger and blood.

Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed newspaper, today (Monday, December 18) by publishing a note in this regard, wrote: In addition to all this, the occupiers of different areas of Gaza City and northern Gaza They are deprived of food and water. During the 73 days of war, only the limited trucks that were allowed to travel during the 7-day humanitarian ceasefire period were able to reach these areas. In the shadow of Gaza’s markets being empty of basic and basic goods, the residents of the northern Gaza Strip rely only on the limited aid distributed in some shelters, and they have to go to these centers to receive mostly canned food and small amounts of bread.

In recent days, human rights organizations have received complaints that some residents of Gaza have died as a result of the water and food crisis. Deputy Executive Director of the World Food Program affiliated to the United Nations, Carl Skau, also said after visiting Gaza: “Nimi of the population are dying of hunger.. 9 out of 10 people do not eat enough or do not eat every day”.

Jamil Sarhan says that the Independent Human Rights Commission and other human rights organizations do not have accurate statistics of deaths due to thirst and hunger in Gaza, but there are documented reports that indicate There is a situation of “famine” that leads to death, so a quick international intervention is necessary to bring food, water and medicine. Refugees in southern Gaza say the situation is no better in southern Gaza, with refugees in the area largely dependent on canned food distributed by international agencies every 48 or 72 hours to survive. Not everyone gets it.

He explains that the limited food available in the markets also does not correspond to the financial reality of Palestinians in Gaza, and the price of some of them has increased by more than 100%, while as a result War, everyone is almost unemployed.

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