The Civil Protection Agency in Gaza told the AFP news agency to record the growing number of deaths caused by “acute hunger and malnutrition”, stating that at least three such cases were recorded last week.
– These shocking cases are not the result of direct bombing, but starvation, lack of adapted milk and basic health care – said Civil Protection Spokesperson Mahmud Basal for AFP.
Zijad Musleh, a 45-year-old father from the north of Gaza who is currently in the central part, in the town of Nuseirat, said for AFP: “We die, our children die and we can’t do anything to prevent it.”
– Our children cry and scream because they are hungry. Let’s go to sleep with pain, empty stomachs. There is no food. And if I chance and find something in the market, the prices are incredibly high and no one can afford it, “he said.
Big crisis
The inhabitants of Gaza, together with the UN Humanitarian Agencies, are increasingly complaining that food supplies have been exhausted, and the prices of that little rose to heaven.
The World Food Program (WFP) warned in early July that the price of bread flour became as much as 3000 times more expensive than before the start of the war 21 months ago.
The director of WFP, Carl Skau, who stayed in Gazi in the city of Gazi in early July, described the situation as “the worst he has ever seen.”
– The father I met lost 25 kilograms in the last two months. People literally starve, while food is right on the other side of the border – he said.
Gaza blockade lasts from 2. March
After the prolongation of the prolongation of the six-month truce was failed, the Israel introduced a complete blockade of Gaza, preventing the entry of any help, until the end of May when a small number of trucks was allowed.
As the supplies collected during the truce began to be spent, the Palestinian territory faced the most difficult food shortage since the beginning of the war.
Malnutrition can have serious consequences for children and pregnant women.
Humanitarian health organization Doctors without borders (IMF) said last week that their teams recorded the largest number of malnutrition cases ever recorded in Gaza.
– Due to the widespread malnutrition among pregnant women, poor quality of water and bad hygiene conditions, many babies are born prematurely – said dr. Joanne Perry, IMF doctor in Gaza.
(Vijesti.ba)
