The representative of the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, warned again this Sunday of the famine suffered by the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
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In this sense, he said that “famine can be avoided if more food convoys are allowed to enter the northern Gaza Strip on a regular basis,” and – alluding to Israel and the US's complicit support – explained that “our” appeals to send food aid “believed” would have rejected and fell on deaf ears.”
The Unrwa official argued that this was “a man-made disaster” and noted that the world is committed to ensuring that famine does not happen again. “Famine can still be avoided if there is the political will to provide access and protection for meaningful assistance,” he said.
The last time @UNRWA was able to deliver food aid to the north #Ribbon was on January 23rd.
Since then together with others @A We have agencies:
�� Warned of impending famine.
�� Appealed for regular humanitarian access.
�� Explained that famine can be prevented if more food is available…— Philippe Lazzarini (@UNLazzarini)
February 25, 2024
“The coming days will once again test our humanity and our shared values,” emphasized Lazzarini. Meanwhile, the Gaza Strip Health Ministry confirmed that at least 86 people were killed and 131 injured in Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours.
Similarly, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the Palestinian Territories, Jamie McGoldrick, denounced last Thursday that “there has been no significant food supply to the northern Gaza Strip for two or three months.”
This Saturday, the United Nations reported that up to 18,000 tons of flour and other food destined for Gaza have been blocked by Israel in the port of Ashdod for almost a month.
After significant international pressure, Israel decided to open the Kerem Shalom land crossing to allow the entry of larger quantities of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip. However, the Zionist entity prevents the import of food and basic goods, especially to the north of the Gaza Strip.
URGENT: The number of Palestinians murdered by Israel in the Gaza Strip rises to 29,692 and 69,879.
— Palestine Today (@HoyPalestina)
February 25, 2024
The latest updates confirm that the number of Palestinians killed and 69,879 injured by Israel in the Gaza Strip is 29,692.
On the other hand, local platforms reported this Sunday that a baby, “Yasser Aldallu, barely three months old, was born during the genocide and was killed today by a Zionist bombing; He was born after years of attempts at in vitro fertilization, and was his parents' only son. The Zionists continue to massacre entire generations of Palestinians.”
UN agencies and Palestinian organizations have repeatedly denounced Israel's use of hunger as a weapon of war against the Palestinian population, while at the same time subjecting civilians in the Gaza Strip to collective punishment by depriving them of fuel, electricity, food, water, medicine and other essential products and services .