UNRWA chief warns of Gaza famine
Published: 04:10 PM,Oct 16,2024 | EDITED : 08:10 PM,Oct 16,2024
Palestinians sit at the site of an Israeli airstrike which hit tents for displaced people, in the central Gaza Strip. — AFP
The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees warned on Wednesday of the risk of famine in Gaza, a day after the US said Israel had been warned to improve aid deliveries to the Palestinian territory. UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini told a press conference in Berlin that 'there is a real risk today... that we enter a situation where famine or acute malnutrition is unfortunately again a likelihood,' pointing to the upcoming winter and the weakened immune systems of Gaza's population.
Vast areas of Gaza have been devastated by Israel's retaliatory assault on the Palestinian territory during the ongoing conflict. Israel has been intensifying operations in the north of the besieged Palestinian territory, where the UN has warned that hundreds of thousands of people are trapped. Lazzarini painted a dire picture of the humanitarian situation in Gaza, saying it had 'become a kind of wasteland, which I would say is almost unliveable'. — AFP
Vast areas of Gaza have been devastated by Israel's retaliatory assault on the Palestinian territory during the ongoing conflict. Israel has been intensifying operations in the north of the besieged Palestinian territory, where the UN has warned that hundreds of thousands of people are trapped. Lazzarini painted a dire picture of the humanitarian situation in Gaza, saying it had 'become a kind of wasteland, which I would say is almost unliveable'. — AFP