In Gaza blocked by Israel, stocks of drugs and food run out, alert UN agencies – Liberation
Two alert cries appeared simultaneously. The first comes from the UN World Food Program, which announced, this Friday, April 25, to have « Exhausted all its stocks » In Gaza, where Israel blocks the entry of all humanitarian aid. The second was issued in the process by the World Health Organization (WHO), a UN agency: medical supplies in Gaza are also running out.
PAM, L‘One of the main international organizations Providing food on site, said they have delivered « Its latest food stocks for kitchens serving hot meals in the Gaza Strip »which « Should be completely short of food in the coming days ». Israel has been blocking the entry of humanitarian aid since March 2, accusing Hamas of diverting deliveries. The latter denies and accuses Israel in return of using « Famine as a weapon of war ».
The director general of WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, warned on the social network X that « The situation (was) the same For medical supplies. They are exhausted ”. And to insist on the fact that « This blockade must end ». « Lives depend on it. »
The closure of passing points for more than seven weeks is « The longest that the Gaza Strip has ever known »underlined the WFP. According to the program, more than 116,000 tonnes of food assistance – « Enough to feed a million people for up to four months » – are stored near the humanitarian corridors, while waiting to be able to enter the territory.
In the wake of these two speeches, a third came to complete the description of hell experienced by the inhabitants of Gaza. The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) denounced on X the Israeli blockade of humanitarian aid for Gaza, seeing there « A famine caused by man and motivated by political reasons ». And Philippe Lazzarini to continue: « Gaza: children are hungry. The Israeli government continues to prevent the entry of food and other essential products. ”
According to the Palestinian Civil Defense, at least 40 people were killed during the day in the Gaza Strip, where Israel has resumed its military offensive since March 18, after two months of truce, saying that he wanted to compel the Islamist Hamas movement to release the hostages still retained since the attack on October 7, 2023.
Friday evening, the Israeli army called on the inhabitants of three areas of the city of Gaza (North) to evacuate in anticipation of a strike. « Due to terrorist operations against our forces from the areas mentioned, the army will launch a powerful attack in any area used to carry out these terrorist operations »wrote on X spokesperson in the Arab language of the army, Avichay Adraee.
Update at 10:02 p.m., with the declarations of Philippe Lazzarini
