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‘Families are breaking down, unable to survive’: UNRWA
The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has warned that “when child malnutrition surges, coping mechanisms fail, access to food & care disappears [and] famine silently begins to unfold”.
“Parents are too hungry to care for their children,” Philippe Lazzarini said in a post on X. “Those who reach UNRWA clinics don’t have the energy, food or means to follow medical advice”.
He said the agency has 6,000 trucks loaded with humanitarian supplies in Jordan and Egypt, ready to enter Gaza.
“Allow humanitarian partners to bring unrestricted and uninterrupted humanitarian assistance to Gaza,” Lazzarini said.
" 'People in Gaza are neither dead nor alive, they are walking corpses': a colleague in #Gaza told me this morning.
Meanwhile, according to UNRWA latest findings: one in every five children is malnourished in Gaza City as cases increase every day.
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— UNRWA (@UNRWA) July 24, 2025
Palestinian mothers devastated as children beg for food
We have more testimonials from Palestinian women in Gaza who are struggling to feed their starving families under Israel’s blockade.
“I went to get food, to support my children, and I fainted there. No one helped me,” said Sabreen Abu al-Kass, a mother of 10 from the Shati refugee camp, who tried but failed to get supplies from the GHF.
“I couldn’t bring back any aid at all. We returned home empty-handed, just like we came. Out of maybe 50 attempts, I was only able to get some food once. One time, among thousands of women,” she told Al Jazeera.
“There is no flour, no food, nothing. My husband, the one I relied on, is gone [killed]. Who will help me now? Only God.”
Hanan Fares also described the devastation of not being able to find any food to feed her children and grandchildren. “Even my youngest granddaughter is crying and begging, saying: ‘Grandma, I want some bread. I’m hungry.’ But I couldn’t bring her anything,” Fares told Al Jazeera.
“This is the third time I’ve gone out to try to get food aid, and every time, I’ve failed. I couldn’t get anything. God is my witness, and may He hold those responsible accountable.”
“Why are they doing this to the children? What did the children do wrong?” Fares asked.
Palestinian children wait to receive food from a charity kitchen in Gaza City, July 24
