This warning comes from the United Nations World Food Program (Wfp) In A tweet Published Tuesday, requesting that more aid be authorized in the enclave by the Israeli authorities.
The Gaza Ministry of Health has reported that Five people have died in recent 24 hours due to malnutrition and famineThe United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs Coordination (Ochha)) said in its last update.
This bears the total number of deaths related to malnutrition to 227, including 103 children, since October 2023.
Still not enough help
Humanitarians continue to denounce the low level of supplies entering Gaza, which remains a fraction of what is necessary to meet the immense needs of around 2.1 million people who live there.
A third of the population does not eat for days, and half a million are on the verge of famine, WFP said.
The agency calls at least 100 trucks per day to be authorized in Gaza, much faster approvals and authorizations, and without armed presence or shooting near humanitarian convoys and food distribution sites, among other measures.
Humanitarian missions face obstructions
Although the UN and the partners continue to do everything possible to provide assistance, humanitarian movements are always faced with significant delays and other challenges.
UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric described the situation of journalists who attend the regular media conference at the New York seat.
He said on Monday that the humanitarian workers officially asked Israel to coordinate 16 missions – including the collection of food, medical supplies and fuel – of Kerem Shalom and border crossings of Zikim, the only two operating aid corridors.
Other missions involved goods and moving staff in Gaza, from south to north and in the southern part of the band.
“Precious time” wasted
“” Of the 16 missions, four were facilitated and three were refused; Four others were hampered but were finally fully accomplished“He said.
Among the remaining missions, two were canceled by the respective organizations and two others which involved the collection of food and health supplies of Kerem Shalom Crossing were hampered and unable to be finished. Another mission was hampered but was still underway.
“Efforts to coordinate humanitarian movements often drag for hours due to unpredictable authorizations from the Israeli authorities, keeping precious time,” he added.
West Bank disorders
Ocha has also updated the situation in occupied West Bank, where another Palestinian Bedouin community was moved on Monday due to violence by Israeli forces and colonists.
Israeli forces have made a descent into the Ein Ayoub community in the governorate of Ramallah and ordered the immediate expulsion of its hundreds of Palestinian residents.
Many of these people have no other shelter, said OCHA.
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