GAZA, (PIC)
Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN secretary-general, said around 2.1 million people in the Gaza Strip remain confined to less than half of the territory’s area as humanitarian conditions continue to deteriorate.
Speaking on Wednesday, Dujarric said the World Food Program had recorded rising levels of malnutrition among Gaza’s population, warning of a deepening food crisis across the besieged enclave.
He added that restrictions on the entry of essential supplies, along with limitations affecting the operations of key humanitarian partners, continue to obstruct the restoration of basic services in Gaza.
Meanwhile, Thameen Al-Kheetan, spokesperson for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, called on Israeli authorities to lift all restrictions on basic necessities and allow humanitarian aid to enter the Gaza Strip without obstruction.
Al-Kheetan described conditions in Gaza as “extremely grave,” citing severe shortages of clean drinking water, food, cooking gas, and other essential supplies.
The territory is also facing a critical shortage of medicines, depriving large numbers of patients, especially children, of necessary treatment, amid growing international calls for wider humanitarian access.
