In Gaza, famine kills more every day and the living look like dead, reports the UN
“The inhabitants of Gaza are neither dead nor alive, they are traveling corpses”reported on Wednesday on X Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the United Nations Agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), relaying the words of a colleague on the spot.
The pace of deaths related to malnutrition is accelerating. About fifteen Palestinians, including four children, have died of hunger in the last twenty-four hours, announces the United Nations (UN) in a publication.
Children arrive in UNRWA clinics “Emaciated, weak and strongly risking dying if they do not immediately receive the necessary careAjouute M. Lazzarini. Parents are too hungry to take care of their children. Those who arrive in our clinics have neither energy, sufficient food, nor the means to follow medical advice ”.
To the horror is added cynicism, evokes the publication of the UN, which affirms that beyond the borders of Gaza humanitarian aid is very present, but that it remains blocked by Israel, a country where, moreover, the food is abundant. “People die of hunger, while a few kilometers away, supermarkets are full of food”UNRWA is indignant on the social network X.
The agency claims to have the equivalent of 6,000 trucks filled with food and drugs stationed in Jordan and Egypt. “We are just waiting for authorization. Raise the seat and let humanitarian aid enter on a large scale ”I implore M. Lazzarini.