At least 21 children are among the victims of the famine since Sunday, as reported by three hospitals in the strip and said that one of them was a newborn of just 40 days.
In addition to the victims of Israeli bombings, in Loop There is a second struggle for survival: overcome hunger and access some food in the middle of the blockade that the territory suffers from the beginning of the war conflict. At least 21 children are among the victims of the famine Since Sunday, they denounced from three hospitals in the strip and specified that One of them was a newborn of just 40 days.
In Gaza “a unprecedented horror in recent history. Malnutrition is booming. He Hunger calls all doors, “UNile the UN Secretary Antonio Guterres. According to Hamas data, since the beginning of the war in October 2023, there were 59,000 fatal victims in the Palestinian enclave.
In the last hours at least 43 people died, of which 18 suffered an attack on the field of displaced Al-Shati, in Gaza City, and seven while waiting for help.
According to UNRWA, the UN Agency for Palestinian refugees, since the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (FHG) – the controversial organization backed by the United States and Israel – began distributing help instead of NGOs and United Nations last May, At least “1,000 hungry people died” while looking for food.
“The FHG distribution scheme is a Mortal and sadistic trap -said the Chief of the UNRWA, Philippe Lazzarini-. The snipers randomly shoot on the crowd, as if they had permission to kill“He warned.
In that sense, he remarked that “civilians cannot be objective” and said that Gaza’s images are “unbearable”: “It is necessary put an end to this situation now“said the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, which presses Israel so that”Open a safe and fast flow of humanitarian aid“
Israel’s response
However, Israel’s prime minister, Benjamín Netanyahuhe replied that “it is Hamas who shoots civilians and torture when they try to get help.” In addition, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar added that the Islamist terrorist group was the one who He did not accept the high fire agreement And he spoke of a “campaign of lies” carried out by the Palestinian terrorists, “a trap” in which the international community should not fall.
Lazzarini warned that in Gaza “nobody is saved”, even “doctors, nurses, humanitarian workers and journalists go hungry. Many now They pass out due to lack of food and fatigue while doing their job“
Source: Ambito
