The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) announced that Palestinians in the Gaza Strip can only eat one meal every two days due to the Israeli blockade.
This came in a statement published by the UN agency today, Thursday, commenting on the food needs of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, where the number of displaced people due to the Israeli aggression has reached two million people.
She stressed that according to data from the Norwegian Refugee Council (an independent humanitarian organization) and other organizations, 83% of the required food aid cannot be delivered to Gaza.
She pointed out that she and her partners distributed high-energy biscuits to children to reduce the effects of malnutrition, stressing that the residents of the Strip eat an average of one meal every two days.
Another warning
Last Sunday, Kamel Ajur, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kamel Ajur Bakeries in Gaza City, warned of the return of the specter of famine in the northern Gaza Strip after a crisis began to appear in bread production due to the cessation of work of 5 bakeries out of 6 located in the northern Gaza Strip.
As a result of the war and Israeli restrictions that violate international laws, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are suffering from severe shortages of food, water and medicine, to the point of recording deaths from starvation.
With full American support, Israel has been waging a devastating war on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, leaving more than 136,000 Palestinian martyrs and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 10,000 missing, amid massive destruction and deadly famine.
In contempt of the international community, Israel continues the war, ignoring the UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate halt, and the International Court of Justice’s orders to take measures to prevent genocide and improve the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza.