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UNRWA warns of ‘tragic’ situation in northern Gaza as hunger rises

Sunday, 10 March 2024 1:49 PM [ Last Update: Sunday, 10 March 2024 1:53 PM ]

Palestinian children suffering from malnutrition receive treatment at a healthcare center in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 5, 2024. (Photo by AFP)

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has warned of the “tragic” situation in the northern Gaza Strip, calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the besieged territory ahead of the holy month of Ramadan.

The United Nations Relief Works and Agency (UNRWA) made the warning in a post on X on Sunday, as the Israeli regime continues to deny UN aid agencies the ability to deliver aid in the northern part of Gaza despite repeated calls.

“Ramadan is approaching. The death toll continues to rise,” the UNRWA said, stressing the need for humanitarian access across Gaza and an immediate ceasefire to save lives.

Hunger is everywhere in #Gaza 📍

The situation in the north is tragic, where aid via land is denied despite repeated calls. Ramadan is approaching. The death toll continues to rise.

Humanitarian access across the #GazaStrip & an immediate ceasefire are imperative to save lives. pic.twitter.com/mgdgxqDeJu
— UNRWA (@UNRWA) March 10, 2024

The Israeli military has restricted the delivery of humanitarian supplies to northern Gaza for weeks, and thousands of children are going without sufficient food and medication.

The United Nations has already warned that child deaths will “rapidly increase” in Gaza if humanitarian aid deliveries do not immediately increase.

UN relief agency for Palestine refugees warns children in Gaza dying slowly before eyes of world

UNRWA says children in the Gaza Strip are dying slowly before the eyes of the world.

UNRWA has also warned about more child deaths in the Gaza Strip amid a widespread lack of food and access to safe water and medical services.

Infant, young woman die of starvation

Meanwhile, an infant and a young woman have died from severe malnutrition and dehydration in northern Gaza, where an estimated 300,000 people are facing famine as Israel blocks safe delivery of aid.

The Gaza Health Ministry announced in a statement on Saturday that a two-month-old female infant has died of malnutrition and dehydration at the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza.

Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra also said starvation and dehydration has killed a 20-year-old woman at Al-Shifa Hospital, where three more young people already died of the same cause last Friday.

More children die from dehydration, malnutrition in northern Gaza hospital

UNICEF has warned many more children in Gaza will die unless there is direct intervention to provide assistance.

These new victims increased the number of known starvation deaths to 25 in Gaza, he added.

Qudra also said that “the increase in death from malnourishment and dehydration confirms that the famine in northern Gaza has reached deadly levels.”

Israel waged its genocidal war on Gaza on October 7 after the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas carried out Operation Al-Aqsa Storm against the usurping entity in retaliation for its intensified atrocities against the Palestinian people.

Since the start of the offensive, the Tel Aviv regime has killed 30,960 Palestinians and injured 72,524 others.

The Tel Aviv regime has also imposed a “complete siege” on the territory, cutting off fuel, electricity, food and water to the more than two million Palestinians living there.

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