In an update Friday, Ochha said the famine crisis was deepening through the enclave, the local health authorities announcing that two other people died of famine the day before.
Hunger and malnutrition increase the risk of diseases that weaken the immune system, especially in women, children, the elderly and disabled or chronic diseases, with fatal consequences.
Food rarity also has an impact on pregnant and breastfeeding women, increasing the risk that their baby is born with health complications and affecting mothers’ ability to breastfeed.
Help
The small net of supplies that goes to the band is far from sufficient to meet the immense needs while the Israeli authorities continue to impose constraints on humanitarian workers and to hinder their response.
Out of 15 attempts to coordinate humanitarian movements inside Gaza on Thursday, four were downright refused, three were hampered, one was postponed and two others had to be canceled by the organizers, with only five facilitated missions.
Even if the limited quantity of fuel received yesterday was entirely allocated to community kitchens, health care and water and sanitation, the fuel shortage continues while the quantities entering Gaza remain insufficient to maintain the essential installations.
UN preparations
Despite serious constraints, the UN teams are ready to accelerate help delivery and meet these serious needs as soon as they are allowed to do so.
For the UN to accelerate the delivery of food aid, health services, clean water management and waste, nutrition supplies and shelter equipment, Israel must open its level passages, allow fuel and equipment and allow humanitarian staff to operate safely.
The general subsectary for humanitarian affairs, said Tom Fletcher, in social media job Thursday that “we have to save as many lives as possible – and we have a plan”.
THE plan He shared with the Member States described the stages necessary to stop the horror and to alleviate the constraints on humanitarian operations.
Mr. Fletcher also wrote at the head of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), the aid distribution model supported by Israel and the United States, reiterating that the UN is ready to engage with any partner to provide humanitarian aid desperately necessary for Gaza.
He stressed that such a partnership must adhere to the world’s world’s principles of humanity, neutrality and independence of impartiality, with aid where the needs are the greatest and without discrimination and that humanitarian workers meet civilians in need, not to the War parties.
Mr. Fletcher also said that he is hosting dialogue on how to reach as many people as possible to mitigate suffering without causing damage.
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