Fri 18 October 2024:

The World Health Organization (WHO) chief said that almost everyone in the Gaza Strip is going hungry, calling this situation “inhumane.”

“@WHO calls for immediate access for all humanitarian aid, starting with food and medicine for severely malnourished children, who need to be treated urgently,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote on X.

WHO continues to call for a cease-fire as “best medicine is peace,” he said on Thursday.

Since 2006, Israel has maintained a blockade on Gaza, turning the region into what many describe as the world’s largest open-air prison.

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Israel has continued a brutal offensive on Gaza following a cross-border attack by the Palestinian group Hamas on Oct. 7 last year, despite a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire.

200,000 Palestinians without food, water in Jabalia

About 200,000 residents in northern Gaza, particularly in Jabalia, are facing critical shortages of food, water, and medicine as Israel’s ground offensive continues for the 14th consecutive day, reported the Gaza Civil Defense on Friday.

Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for the Civil Defense, told Anadolu: “The Israeli army is bombing and destroying buildings, homes, and infrastructure across northern Gaza in an effort to wipe out the area.”

“Many Palestinian civilians have been killed by Israeli forces, either buried under rubble or shot on the roads, and we are unable to retrieve their bodies due to the ongoing military offensive,” he added.

The Israeli army continues to target any moving object in the region, according to Basal, making it impossible for rescue teams to recover the bodies.

More than 42,400 people have since been killed, mostly women and children, and over 99,100 injured, according to local health authorities.

The Israeli onslaught has displaced almost the entire population of the Gaza Strip amid an ongoing blockade that has led to severe shortages of food, clean water, and medicine.

Israel faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its actions in Gaza.

-Source: AA

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