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Daily fight to survive in Gaza as starvation deepens
Palestinians, mostly children, wait in long lines with empty pots in hand to get food aid distributed by charity organisations in northern Gaza City, on May 01
Gaza likely to witness more child casualties due to malnutrition: NGO network
Amjad Shawa of the Palestinian Non-Governmental Organisations Network says the situation is worsening quickly for the tens of thousands of children who are suffering from malnutrition in different areas of Gaza.
“We have no food supplies or supplementary materials or medications for these children,” he told Al Jazeera from Gaza City. “So the cases will be complicated and there is high concern that we will witness more casualties in the coming few days,” he added.
Shawa said that “the whole Strip is starving” and the majority of the children in Gaza are suffering from malnutrition.
“Thousands of these children are severe cases,” he stressed, adding: “The health facilities are largely destroyed and out of service. Facilities cannot deal with such a big number of children without medications and supplementary materials.”
UNRWA’s Lazzarini calls on Israel to lift Gaza siege
The head of the UN’s agency for the Palestinian refugees has said that Israel’s siege is collectively punishing children, women, older people and ordinary men in Gaza.
“They are collectively punished for being born and living in Gaza, something not of their making,” he said, adding that it has been two months since the siege started.
“The State of Israel must lift the siege and allow a flow of basic supplies,” Lazzarini also said.
