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The UN accused on Tuesday Israel of committing a war crime against the population of Link depriving them of food and warned that hunger threatened more than 1.1 million people. This is half the population the enclave had at the start of the war, on October 7th.
Although there are currently cases of people dying of starvation, the UN He maintained that if the situation does not change between now and May, Hunger in northern Gaza will reach “catastrophic levels unprecedented” in the world.
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“The situation of hunger, starvation and starvation is a consequence of the enormous restrictions imposed by Israel entry and distribution of humanitarian aid and commercial goods, the displacement of the majority of the population, as well as the destruction of vital civilian infrastructure”, said the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Turkish Volker.
On October 9, two days after declaring war on Hamas, Israel imposed a total siege on the Gaza Stripdepriving 2.3 million Palestinians of water, food, fuel, medicine and medical supplies.
Furthermore, according to the UN, this measure was added to an Israeli blockade that had already lasted 17 years and which placed half of Gaza’s population is food insecure and made more than 80% dependent on humanitarian help.
According to the EFE agency, a spokesperson for the Turkish said on Tuesday that both Using hunger as a method of war, or applying it to an entire population, constitutes a war crime.. He specified that this is not a legal opinion, something that corresponds to the courts, but rather proof that results from what is established by international humanitarian law, that the State of Israel is obliged to respect.
On Monday, an international consortium of food and nutrition experts, tasked with establishing the Integrated Food Safety Phase Classification (IPC)announced that all elements have been brought together to confirm that famine will occur between the time they assessed the situation, last week, until May, EFE reported.
He acute hunger and the malnutrition have already “far exceeded” the threshold of famine in northern Gaza it’s him CPI warns of a “great acceleration in death and malnutrition”, reported EFE.
According to the latest IPC data, Practically all families skip meals every day and adults reduce meals so that children can eat.
In some areas, almost two-thirds of households people have gone days and nights without eating at least 10 times in the last 30 daysindicated EFE.
This is “the largest number of people facing catastrophic famine ever recorded”.…anywhere and at any time”, according to the CPI, said the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres.
While the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) it’s him World Food Program (AMP) asked Israel allowing immediate access to Link to provide urgent and critical assistance at scale.
“People are starving now. The speed with which this crisis of man-made hunger and malnutrition has swept Gaza is frightening“, said PMA director Cindy McCain, who demanded “immediate and complete access to the north” because “If we wait until famine is declared, it will be too late. Thousands more will die.”
The rest of Link “We also run the risk of future famine, in the worst case scenario, if hostilities do not cease and large-scale humanitarian assistance does not reach those most in need,” explained FAO.
“This updated IPC analysis validates what we all feared: a deepening and rapid deterioration of the food security situation in Link. “Half the population faces catastrophic levels of food insecurity,” said Beth Bechdol, FAO Deputy Director General.
It is “the highest level ever recorded, unlike anything we have seen before,” he added.
CNN news network reported that At least 25 people, including children and babies, died of hunger and dehydration in northern Gaza.
He also reported that due to lack of food, People resorted to collecting garbage, eating grass and animal feed.. Furthermore, they drink contaminated water.
Even due to hunger, mothers are unable to produce enough milk to feed their babies and parents ask for infant formula at overburdened health facilities, CNN noted.
Coinciding with what was said by the UN, the European Union’s main diplomat, José Borrell, a few days ago he accused Israel in use “hunger as a weapon of war”. He stated that the famine was “not a natural disaster” but caused by the fact that Israel “prevented humanitarian support from entering Gaza.”
“The support is there waiting. “Trucks are stopped, people are dying.”he said Borrell about the hundreds of assistance vehicles waiting Egypt Israeli authorization to enter Link.
The PMA estimates that at least 300 trucks with food should enter Link daily to satisfy only the basic needs of hunger.
The UN said it has only managed to get nine convoys into northern Gaza since the start of the year.
In this context, the long-awaited Stop the fire It seems increasingly distant. On Sunday, the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahuguaranteed that Israel will launch its offensive on Rafah anyway, where around 1.5 million Palestinians live, most of them displaced by war.
Netanyahu He said he must first carry out an evacuation plan.
Rafah is located on the border with Egypt and is the last city in Gaza that was not invaded by Israeli troops in the current military campaign.
Following the Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7, Netanyahu promised to “annihilate” the Islamic movement.
“No international pressure will prevent us from achieving all the objectives of our war”Netanyahu said.
Source: Elcomercio
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