The Government Media Office in Gaza has warned against a looming famine in North Gaza governorate amid worsening humanitarian situation and intensifying Israeli strikes across the besieged territory.

The GMO confirmed in a statement, received by Sanad News Agency on Wednesday evening, that Israeli occupation army has been tightening the siege on the entire Gaza Strip for more than a month by taking over and closing the Rafah crossing, preventing the entry of aid convoys through both of Rafah and Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossings.

It explained that only a total of 257 aid trucks entered the Gaza and North Gaza governorates last week from the west of Beit Lahia, including 148 trucks loaded with flour for bakeries and citizens, and 26 trucks of medicines and medical consumables.

The GMO statement affirmed that the relief efforts remain below the minimum limit of the needs of the people amid the humanitarian catastrophe that is ravaging the Gaza Strip.

It stressed the urgent need for the withdrawal of Israeli army from Rafah, intensifying relief efforts, allowing the entry of basic food commodities and supplies to reduce the food security crisis and prevent famine threatening the northern Gaza Strip.

Over the past months, Israeli restrictions led to famine in light of the suffocating blockade imposed on the access to food, water, medicine, and fuel supplies, resulting in the martyrdom of a number of children and the elderly.