At least 300,000 people in the northern Gaza Strip are at risk of starvation (Reuters)
The government media office in the Gaza Strip warned of the escalation of famine in the northern Gaza governorate after the quantities of flour, rice, food and food ran out, as well as the running out of grains and animal feed that citizens in the northern Gaza Strip were eating.
The media office confirmed that the northern regions of the Strip are in immediate need of the entry of a thousand trucks daily, in order to recover from the famine and its effects. Israeli occupation army tanks stationed near the Gaza Valley prevent food and medical aid from reaching the northern Gaza Strip.
In the same context, the World Food Program said that the residents of the Gaza Strip are living in a “major humanitarian catastrophe” amid hunger, famine, and the spread of diseases.
The director of the World Food Program in Palestine revealed that "there are UN statistics conducted last December indicating that at least 300,000 people in the northern Gaza Strip are at risk of dying from starvation."
He explained that "Gaza is experiencing several crises, most notably the lack of health care and hunger."
The World Food Program reported last month that very small amounts of food aid had reached the south of the Gaza Strip to its north since the beginning of the war, stressing that the risk of pockets of famine forming in areas of the Strip still exists.
This was confirmed by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) last January when it said that 750,000 people in the Gaza Strip are facing catastrophic hunger.
The death toll as a result of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip rose to 27,947 martyrs and 67,459 injured since last October 7.
Source: Al Jazeera + agencies