PNN – Referring to malnutrition in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Ministry of Health announced that 60,000 children in the region are at risk of dangerous diseases.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, citing Al Jazeera News Network, the Palestinian Ministry of Health announced that 60,000 children in the Gaza Strip are at risk of dangerous diseases due to malnutrition, and the closure of Gaza’s crossings for food and medicine has made these problems more critical.
According to the report, the lack of safe food sources and drinking water in the Gaza Strip has multiplied health challenges.
Recently, the United Nations also issued a strong warning about the dire situation of women and children in the Gaza Strip, citing the lack of food and medical aid in the area.
UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said that senior UN officials have called on world leaders to take urgent action to save Palestinians in Gaza.
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He referred to the statement by senior UN officials, which includes the names of the Executive Director of the World Health Organization, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and the Executive Director of UNICEF, the Commissioner of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), and the Executive Director of the World Food Program.
The statement stated that the UN has not provided any commercial or humanitarian aid to Gaza for more than a month, and that more than two million people are under siege and are at risk of renewed bombing and starvation, while food, medicine, hard and prefabricated housing aid, as well as vital equipment, are still blocked at the crossing and are not allowed to enter Gaza.
The statement referred to the martyrdom of more than 1,000 children during the first week of the collapse of the ceasefire, which is the highest number of martyrs among children in the past year.
The statement referred to the closure of 25 bakeries supported by the World Food Program due to a lack of flour, as well as the collapse of the health system and the urgent need for medical aid to enter Gaza.
Dujarric said: Senior UN officials stressed that the lack of relief and medical supplies is threatening. The officials also pointed to the new evacuation orders from the Gaza Strip by the Israeli regime, which have once again displaced hundreds of thousands of Palestinians and left no one safe.
The UN spokesperson stressed the need to take the necessary measures to ensure the health of civilians and keep them alive.
Noting that the UN will distribute aid inside Gaza among the Palestinians, he said the only way for Gaza residents to survive is to open the crossings for goods and humanitarian aid.