PNN – The spokesperson of the United Nations announced that 70% of the population of northern Gaza is facing catastrophic hunger, but the delivery of vital aid to this area is facing obstacles.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric added to reporters on Wednesday local time: According to the report of the World Food Program, approximately 70% of the population of northern Gaza is facing catastrophic hunger.
However, efforts to deliver vital aid to the north of the region have been hampered by access restrictions and ongoing conflicts, Dujarric said.
He said: This month, the World Food Program has been able to send only 11 convoys to northern Gaza and provide food for about 74,000 people.
The UN spokesperson stressed: “Due to the huge needs, daily deliveries are needed to stop the famine.”
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Despite the fact that two days have passed since the adoption of the resolution establishing a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the holy month of Ramadan has entered the second half, there is no news of the implementation of this resolution.
After nearly 6 months of Israel’s war in Gaza, the members of the United Nations Security Council on March 25, 2024, with 14 positive votes of this council, as well as the abstention vote of the United States and the absence of this country’s veto, agreed to Resolution 2728 to establish an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas should be established in the remaining 15 days of the holy month of Ramadan.
The United States had previously vetoed three ceasefire resolutions, but this time it abstained from voting on this resolution, and in this way, due to the lack of opposition from the permanent members of the Security Council, this resolution was approved without any opposition. This resolution was approved by 10 non-permanent members of the Security Council.
Following the approval of this resolution, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced: The trip of the Israeli delegation to Washington, which was supposed to discuss the operation in Rafah, was canceled.
Netanyahu’s office announced in this statement: America has withdrawn from its decisive positions and the Israeli delegation will not go to Washington. This American action harms the efforts to free the prisoners; Because it carries a message for Hamas that international pressure will allow a ceasefire agreement to be reached without the release of prisoners.
This resolution called for the implementation of an immediate ceasefire in Gaza in the month of Ramadan and said that the immediate ceasefire in the month of Ramadan should be observed by all parties, which would lead to a sustainable ceasefire.
The resolution also calls for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages and guarantees humanitarian access to meet their medical and other humanitarian needs, and calls on the parties to fulfill their obligations under international law in relation to all detainees.