A definite shadow of famine over a quarter of Gaza’s refugees

report Mehr News Agency quoted by Reuters, “Ramesh Rajasingham, Director of Coordination of the United Nations Office of Humanitarian Affairs on Tuesday At the meeting of the Security Council, he announced that at least 576 thousand people in the Gaza Strip are on the verge of famine.

According to this UN official, this number of people is equal to a quarter of the population of Gaza, and if no measures are taken to solve this humanitarian crisis, famine will be certain in Gaza. .

Rajasingham also added: “As long as the war in Gaza and the risk of its spread to populated areas If the south of Gaza continues, we cannot hope for an improvement in the situation in this war-torn strip, because currently, one out of every six children under the age of two in northern Gaza suffers from su Nutrition is acute and practically the entire population of 2.3 million people in the Gaza Strip needs food aid to survive, but this aid is very insufficient and limited.

Ramesh Rajasingham He also mentioned the obstacles to UN aid and aid groups in Gaza, and according to him, these obstacles include the closure of crossings, communication restrictions, tough and long-term inspections, chaos, destroyed roads and unexploded ammunition on the way of aid convoys. is.

Also, the spokesperson of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs announced that Israel to the convoys Aid attacks and harasses aid workers in Gaza.

“Jennes Lerke“, the spokesperson of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said at a meeting in Geneva that Israeli forces deliberately target humanitarian aid convoys and aid workers are harassed and detained in Gaza, this situation is unacceptable.

Yesterday, Ashraf Al Qadara, the spokesman of the Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip, announced that the north of this Barikeh literally struggles with famine.

Al-Qadra added: Dozens of people have come to our hospitals in the north of Nabar due to dehydration. They have visited Gaza. Recently, we recorded the death of 2 children due to dehydration and dehydration in the north of the Gaza Strip. The Gaza Strip is facing increasing famine and hunger, and this increasing famine can kill thousands of our compatriots. The aid should enter the Gaza Strip immediately and in sufficient quantity. The international community must protect children, women and the sick from famine and hunger. We need access to all refugee detention centers. This issue requires the cooperation of international organizations.

The spokesman of the Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip continued: As a result of the occupation army’s attacks, 30 of the 35 hospitals in the Gaza Strip have been out of service.

A little while ago, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip published the latest statistics of the martyrs and the wounded of the barbaric attacks of the Zionist army on this strip since October 7 last year.

The ministry emphasized that the number of Palestinian martyrs in the Gaza Strip as a result of the air, land and sea attacks of the Zionist regime army against this strip has increased to 29,878. Is. In the continuation of this report, it is stated: The number of wounded in the Gaza Strip has also increased to 70,215.

Also, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip announced that the Zionist occupiers have committed 11 crimes against Palestinian citizens living in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours. According to statistics announced by this Palestinian health institution, during these 11 barbaric crimes, at least 96 Palestinians were martyred and 172 others were injured.