The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said on Saturday that Palestinians in Gaza are under siege, subjected to bombardment, and starvation once again due to the Israeli closure of the Strip's crossings for the seventh consecutive week.

UNRWA added in a statement that Palestinians in Gaza are besieged, bombarded, and starved, while food, medicine, fuel, and temporary shelter supplies are piling up at the Strip's crossings.

She explained that Israel has been closing the Gaza Strip's crossings for the seventh consecutive week, preventing the entry of "humanitarian aid, medical and commercial supplies, food, children's vaccines, and fuel into Gaza."

Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are facing a new wave of hunger since Israel closed the crossings, even though they have still not recovered from the effects of the previous wave, which resulted from Israel's policy of rationing food and relief aid into the Strip over the course of 19 months of genocide.

UNRWA called for "reopening the crossings to allow the continued flow of aid," and urged a renewal of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

On Tuesday, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a statement that the Gaza Strip is experiencing the worst humanitarian situation since Israel began its war of extermination against the Palestinians on October 7, 2023.

Since March 2, Israel has continued to close the Gaza Strip's crossings to the entry of food, relief, medical aid, and goods, causing a significant deterioration in the humanitarian situation of Palestinians, according to government, human rights, and international reports.

Israel has been blockading Gaza for the 18th year, leaving approximately 1.5 million of its 2.4 million Palestinian citizens homeless after their homes were destroyed in the war of extermination. The Strip has entered a state of famine due to Tel Aviv's closure of the crossings to humanitarian aid.