"More than 5,000 Gazan children between six months and five years old were admitted to hospital for acute malnutrition in May alone, according to Unicef.
The enclave has become “worse” than “hell on earth”, International Committee of the Red Cross president Mirjana Spoljaric said this month.
Israel has allowed a trickle of aid trucks to enter in recent weeks, but that is a fraction of what is needed, UN officials say.
Israeli soldiers have shot and killed hundreds of Gazans in the south trying to access aid from the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), an obscure new group allowed in by Israel in the past few weeks, according to the Gazan health ministry."
"The Israeli military has acknowledged that its soldiers opened fire on several occasions but that they did so after people approached them in a way they deemed threatening."
FT.com
They must find starving people very frightening. Luckily they have tanks and machine guns to lessen their fears.
One child lucky enough to get temporary help
"Humanitarian officials say Israel often hampers aid delivery by denying permission for trucks to travel to specific locations within the enclave. They also say the Israeli military restricts their convoys to dangerous routes where cargo is looted by starving people and gangs. Almost nothing reaches northern Gaza, where hunger is most acute."
The enclave has become “worse” than “hell on earth”, International Committee of the Red Cross president Mirjana Spoljaric said this month.
Israel has allowed a trickle of aid trucks to enter in recent weeks, but that is a fraction of what is needed, UN officials say.
Israeli soldiers have shot and killed hundreds of Gazans in the south trying to access aid from the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), an obscure new group allowed in by Israel in the past few weeks, according to the Gazan health ministry."
"The Israeli military has acknowledged that its soldiers opened fire on several occasions but that they did so after people approached them in a way they deemed threatening."
FT.com
They must find starving people very frightening. Luckily they have tanks and machine guns to lessen their fears.
One child lucky enough to get temporary help
"Humanitarian officials say Israel often hampers aid delivery by denying permission for trucks to travel to specific locations within the enclave. They also say the Israeli military restricts their convoys to dangerous routes where cargo is looted by starving people and gangs. Almost nothing reaches northern Gaza, where hunger is most acute."
