ARAB AND WORLD
Tue 19 Dec 2023 9:30 am - Jerusalem Time
Euro-Med: 71% of Gaza’s population suffers from severe levels of hunger
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor revealed today, Tuesday, that 71% of the population of the Gaza Strip suffers from severe levels of hunger.
The Observatory reported in a study that 98% of the population of the Gaza Strip suffer from insufficient food consumption, and 64% eat grass, fruits, immature food and expired materials to satisfy their hunger.
It stated that the average access to water, including drinking water, bathing and cleaning water, is 1.5 liters per person per day in the Gaza Strip.
It called for "an impartial and urgent international investigation into the liquidation of Palestinian civilians by the Israeli army after their arrest from various areas of the Gaza Strip," noting that "the testimonies he collected were consistent with what was revealed by the Haaretz newspaper regarding field execution crimes carried out against detainees, while others died as a result of severe torture." And ill-treatment during their detention in an army camp known as “Sde Teman,” located between the cities of Beersheba and Gaza in the south.
It stated that the aforementioned camp has been transformed into a new Guantánamo prison, where detainees are held in very harsh conditions, inside places resembling chicken cages in the open and without food or drink for a long period of time.
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Euro-Med: 71% of Gaza’s population suffers from severe levels of hunger