UNICEF calls for more aid into Gaza as supplies ‘almost gone’
The United Nations children’s agency (UNICEF) says its supplies to treat and prevent growing child malnutrition in Gaza have “declined rapidly” since the total blockade was imposed on the enclave more than two months ago.
“They are almost gone,” UNICEF warned in a post. “The initial delivery of aid in the last 24 hours is a drop in the ocean of what is urgently needed.”
The supplies we have in Gaza to treat and prevent growing child malnutrition have declined rapidly since the aid blockade. They are almost gone.
The initial delivery of aid in the last 24 hours is a drop in the ocean of what is urgently needed. pic.twitter.com/lToddKbyWx
— UNICEF (@UNICEF) May 20, 2025
‘Beyond the breaking point’: Gaza hospitals forcibly evacuated
The director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) says numerous health facilities across Gaza are included in recent Israeli forced evacuation orders, with others being strained beyond capacity.
“Intensified Israeli ground operations and new evacuation orders in Gaza are stretching the health system beyond the breaking point,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a post.
“In northern Gaza, Indonesian, Kamal Adwan, and Al-Awda hospitals, along with three primary care centers and four medical points, are within the evacuation zone announced on 20 May. Another two hospitals, four primary care centers, and six medical points lie within 1,000 meters of it.”
Facilities in southern Gaza, such as “non-functional European Gaza Hospital, along with eight primary care centers and nine medical points,” are within areas Israel ordered to evacuate on May 19, he added.
Intensified Israeli ground operations and new evacuation orders in #Gaza are stretching the health system beyond the breaking point.
In northern Gaza, Indonesian, Kamal Adwan, and Al Awda hospitals, along with three primary care centers and four medical points, are within the… pic.twitter.com/ecEWxfViNK
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) May 20, 2025
