One in five children in gas is malnourished, says UN Help Agency

One in five children in Gaza is malnourished and cases are increasing every day, says the Palestinian UN Refugee Agency (UNRWA).

In a statement published on Thursday, Unrwa General Commissioner Philip Lazarini quoted a colleague who told him: “The people in Gaza are neither dead nor alive, they are corpses.”

More than 100 international help organizations and human rights groups have also warned of mass fasting – pressing governments to take action.

Israel, who controls the entry of all supplies to Gaza, says he has no siege and blames Hamas for malnutrition.

However, the UN warned that the level of assistance in Gaza was a “trickle” and the hunger crisis in the territory “has never been so terrible.”

In her statement on Thursday, Lazarini said “more than 100 people, the greater part of them, have died of starvation.”

“Most children our teams see are burned, weak and at high risk of die if they do not receive the treatment they need urgently,” he added, asking Israel to “allow humanitarian partners to bring unlimited and continuous humanitarian assistance to Gaza.”

On Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) stated that much of the Gaza population was “starving”.

“I do not know how you would call it, except mass starvation – and it was created by man,” said WHO leader, Tedros Adhanom Gebreys.

In Northern Gaza, 40 -year -old Cana Almadhun said local markets are often free of food and other supplies.

“If they exist, then they come to excessive prices that no ordinary person can afford,” she told the BBC about WhatsApp.

She said that the flour was expensive and difficult to attach and that people sold “gold and personal belongings” to afford it.

The mother of the three said that “every new day brings a new challenge” while people are looking for “something edible”.

“With my own eyes, I saw children dig through the garbage in search of food pieces,” she added.

During a visit to Israeli troops to Gaza on Wednesday, Israeli President Isaac Duke insists that his country provides his humanitarian assistance “according to international law”.

But Tahani Shehada, an assistant to Gaza’s help, said people “just try to survive an hour by hour.”

“Even simple things like cooking (s) shower have become a luxury,” she said.

“I have a baby. He’s eight months old. He doesn’t know what the taste of fresh fruits is,” she added.

Israel stopped deliveries to the aid to Gaza in early March after a two -month termination of fire. The blockade was partially relieved after nearly two months, but the lack of food, fuel and medicines deteriorated.

Israel with the United States has created a new system of assistance managed by the Humanitarian Gaza Foundation (GHF).

According to the UN Human Rights Service, more than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli military as they have been trying to receive nutritional assistance in the last two months.

It says that at least 766 of them were killed near one of the four GHF distribution centers, which are managed by private security contractors and are located in the military zones of Israeli military zones.

Another 288 other people have been reported near the UN convoys and other auxiliary convoys.

Israel has accused Hamas of inciting chaos near help places. It says that his troops only fired warning shots and that they did not deliberate civilians intentionally.

GHF says the UN uses “fake” figures from the Gaza Health Ministry.

Naja, a 19-year-old widow sheltering a hospital in Gaza, said she was afraid of being “shot” if she was traveling to help at the site of distribution.

“I hope they bring us something to eat and drink. We are starving to eat nothing to eat or drink. We live in tents. We have finished,” Naja told the BBC.

A doctor working at Gaza with a medical charity in the UK, Dr. Assil, said Gaza was not close to hunger but already “lives” it.

“My husband went once (at a point of distribution) and twice and after that he was shot and that was all,” she said.

“If we want to die of starvation, let it be. The way to help is the path to death.”

Abu Alaa, a Gaza market seller, said he and his children “go to bed hungry every night.”

“We are not alive. We are dead. We pray with the whole world to intervene and save us,” he added.

Balaa Fati, who is eight months pregnant with her third child, said the Gazanas “have a crash and hunger that no one could imagine.”

“I hope my baby stays in my womb and I don’t have to give birth in these difficult circumstances,” she told BBC by Deir Al Balah.