UNRWA chief says food crisis in Gaza ‘man made’
UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini says they are getting daily messages from staff in Gaza about the lack of food available in the enclave amid an ongoing Israeli siege.
“How can one respond to such messages of despair? Shames me & doubles the sense of helplessness. All man – made, in total impunity. Food is available only a few kilometres away,” Lazzarini wrote on X.
He added that UNRWA had enough stock at the borders for the entire population for the next three months, but they had been blocked from bringing in aid “since March 2. ”
“Political will is needed. Inaction is complicity & makes us lose our humanity,” Lazzarini urged.
Two civil defence aid workers killed in separate Israeli attacks on Gaza
Gaza’s civil defence says its aid station in the so-called “humanitarian zone” of al-Mawasi in Khan Younis was directly hit by Israeli fire, resulting in the death of one aid worker and injury of five other personnel.
Hani Mohammed al-Dabbour was killed in the latest attack, marking a violation of international law, the organisation said in a statement, calling on the international community for action.
Ahmed Ramadan Mohammed Miqdad, another civil defence worker, was separately killed by Israeli gunfire in the northern Gaza Strip.
The Israeli military has now directly targeted civil defence points in “humanitarian” zones 11 times since the start of the war. Gaza aid workers with the civil defence have lost 134 colleagues, and 336 more have been wounded.
Another Palestinian dies of starvation: al-Ahli Hospital
A source at the hospital, located in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City, reports that a person with special needs has succumbed to medical complications that arose from malnutrition.
Yesterday, at least two Palestinians, one a weeks-old infant, also died of malnutrition, as Israel’s blockade of Gaza continues.
