More than 100 NGOs warn against a “mass famine” spreading to Gaza

More than 100 NGOs warned on Wednesday against the propagation of a “mass famine” in the Gaza Strip devastated by more than 21 months of war, the United States announcing a new mission of the emissary Steve Witkoff to discuss a humanitarian corridor.

At the same time, the Israeli army continued its daily bombing in Gaza and said it had struck dozens of terrorist targetsthe civil defense of the Palestinian territory showing 10 dead.

Israel faces increased international pressure especially about the humanitarian disaster in Gaza, where some 2.4 million Palestinians have been besieged since the start of the war, triggered by an attack on the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on October 7, 2023 on Israeli soil.

A total blockade imposed in March by Israel in Gaza and very partially relaxed at the end of May led to serious shortages of food, medicines and fuel.

It is suffering to feed my children. I risk my life to bring them a bag of flourtells Mohamed Abu Jabal, a Palestinian move to Beit Lahia (center), who has knocked his head against a truck wheel by recovering a bag of flour.

There, dozens of Palestinians run behind a large truck carrying bags of flour and circulating on a road, according to images of theAFP. Men climb on board and take bags or tear them into a chaotic scene.

Help calls

We are dying, have mercy on us, we want to eatadds Mohamed Abou Jabal.

We sleep the empty stomach, we are hungry! We can’t take it anymorelaunches another Palestinian, a bag of flour on his back.

On Tuesday, a Gaza hospital said 21 children died in malnutrition or hunger in 72 hours.

While a mass famine spreads to Gaza, our colleagues and the people we help dumbindicate in a press release ONG Among which Doctors Without Borders, Doctors of the World, Caritas, International Amnesty or Oxfam International, by calling for an immediate cease-fire and the opening of passages for humanitarian aid.

Just outside Gaza, in warehouses, and even inside, tons of food, drinking water, medical supplies, accommodation and fuel equipment remain unused, humanitarian organizations being prevented from accessing or delivering them.

The Israeli army denies blocking aid. She said on Tuesday that 950 trucks carrying aid were in Gaza and waited for international agencies to collect and distribute them. THE ONGthey denounce many Israeli restrictions.

We have not seen famine at this stage, but we understand that an action is necessary to stabilize the humanitarian situationsaid a senior Israeli responsible for unidentified security, quoted by the daily Times of Israel.

Israel accuses Hamas of exploiting the suffering of the civilian population, in particular by stealing food, which the movement denies.

L’Him Accused the Israeli army of having killed in Gaza since the end of May who were looking for humanitarian aid in Gaza Centers in the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), an organization with opaque funding supported by the United States and Israel, in Gaza.

Negotiations for a humanitarian corridor

In this context, Mr. Witkoff is going to Europe this week and could then go to the Middle East, according to American officials. Its objective is to achieve a new ceasefire, as well as a humanitarian corridor for the delivery of help in Gaza, according to the State Department.

Famine strikes all doors In Gaza, the boss of theHim Antonio Guterres.

Launched in early July, the indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas on a truce do not advance. Israel wants to hunt Hamas from Gaza and take control of the territory. Hamas demands the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and the stop of the war.

The October 7 attack led to the Israeli side of 1,219 people on the Israeli, mostly civilians, according to a count of theAFP Made from official data. Of the 251 people kidnapped that day, 49 remain retained in Gaza, 27 of whom were declared dead by the army.

In response, Israel has sworn to destroy Hamas and launched a major military campaign in Gaza which has cost the lives of 59,106 people, mostly civilians, according to data from the Ministry of Health in Gaza, deemed reliable by theHim.