Al-Shati’  camp:

“We were not happy with the entry of white flour until everything was cut off from us and they did not allow anything else to enter the northern regions,” Fatima Salem from Al-Shati’ camp told “Al- Quds”, whose family members are suffering from the suffering of displacement, homelessness, starvation and disease. 
 The young man, Louay Hamouda, is unable to provide milk for his infant and food for his mother, who gave birth to him in harsh conditions. He says, “There are no goods available in the markets except canned goods, and their prices are high. What used to cost one shekel has risen to ten shekels, and we do not have the money, and canned goods cause jaundice in children.” 
 Elham Yassin, who was displaced from Jabalia camp to the beach, where there are no vegetables or meat, points out that “our children ask us for food and we do not know what to cook for them, especially since we fear for their health due to warnings against repeatedly eating canned food.”4

UNRWA warns of famine...a matter of life and death

Lazzarini calls on European countries to provide support amid the heinous attacks on UN facilities and staff

Citizens to "Jerusalem": Food supplies have completely run out from the markets, leaving only canned goods and "animal food"

Yesterday, the Commissioner-General of UNRWA, Philippe Lazzarini, warned of the harbingers of a horrific famine whose signs are appearing throughout the Strip. He said that providing aid to two million people throughout the Strip is a matter of life and death, and considered that the support of European Union countries has become more important amid the heinous attacks on United Nations employees. And its facilities. This comes at a time when citizens reported to “ے” that food supplies had completely run out in the markets and only animal food remained.

The specter of famine has once again loomed large in the northern Gaza Strip, which has not received any aid trucks for three weeks except for flour trucks.

The population of the Gaza and North governorates is estimated at 700,000 people, and they find in their homes only flour that was introduced recently, especially with the operation of bakeries, but without finding any food beside it, whether vegetables, meat, or infant formula.
For its part, the World Food Program (affiliated with the United Nations) called yesterday for "the opening of all crossing points into Gaza, especially in the center and south of the Strip."

The program said in a statement, “The Israeli incursion into Rafah has a devastating impact on civilians and humanitarian operations, and that there is not much that can be done in the city, amid severe restrictions on movement.”

He added, "Humanitarian organizations are struggling to access aid, especially from the Kerem Shalom crossing, due to the war, impassable roads, unexploded ordnance, fuel shortages, checkpoints, and Israeli restrictions."

The program called on the Israeli authorities to facilitate the collection and delivery of humanitarian supplies entering Kerem Shalom.

He pointed out that "although some commercial goods have arrived in Gaza, people cannot afford the exorbitant prices."
The program stressed, "the necessity of introducing more aid across the south, because people need dietary diversity, and access to health care and water."

Salama Maarouf, head of the government information office in Gaza, said that famine has returned to the Gaza and northern governorates in a clear and unambiguous manner.

He added: "For more than 3 weeks, the residents of the northern Gaza Strip have been depleting their remaining food supplies in light of the scarcity of aid reaching them."

He stressed that "the dilemma of entering aid will not be solved except by pressuring the occupation to open all crossings."

Marouf held the Israeli occupation fully responsible for the famine that could lead to deaths, especially among the sick, children and vulnerable people.

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) announced yesterday that more than 16,000 displaced Palestinians are living in “miserable conditions” in one of its schools in the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.

The agency indicated in a statement that displaced Palestinians in Gaza are struggling to survive in miserable conditions, and that many of them have been displaced several times.

The agency accompanied its post with a picture of the school, commenting, “More than 16,000 people currently live in the UNRWA school in Deir al-Balah, and families live in classrooms, corridors, and temporary shelters made of plastic.”

“The living conditions are terrible, with resources scarce, personal hygiene areas insufficient, and materials extremely limited,” she added.

The agency added, "In the Gaza Strip, which has a population of 2.3 million people, and where the Israeli army has been waging air attacks and ground occupation for about 8 months, and largely preventing the entry of humanitarian aid by attacking border crossings, there are two million Palestinians who are still besieged."

It continued, "The displaced people, most of whom have been displaced more than once, suffer from a severe shortage of water, food, and medicine, and are facing various crises."

The ongoing Israeli war on Gaza since October 7, 2023, has left more than 118,000 Palestinians dead and wounded, most of them children and women, and about 10,000 missing amid massive destruction and famine that claimed the lives of children and the elderly.