‘Severe access challenges continue to prevent partners from being able to screen regularly enough to detect malnutrition cases that require treatment,’ says UN spokesperson

“More than a quarter of a million aid trucks have been blocked from entering Gaza by the Israeli army since the start of its genocidal war in October last year,” said Gaza’s government media office. “The occupation army continues to reinforce the starvation policy, especially in northern Gaza.”

‘Sanitation facilities & infrastructure are severely compromised, forcing thousands of families to rely on seawater to wash, clean & even drink,’ says UN Agency for Palestine Refugees

Doctors and families in Gaza described children, as well as pregnant and breastfeeding mothers, suffering from severe malnutrition and dehydration, and hospitals ill-equipped to treat them, the rights group said.

“With every passing day, children and families in the Gaza Strip face increased risk of death from the sky, disease from lack of safe water and deprivation from lack of food,” UNICEF Special Representative on Children in Palestine, Lucia Elmi, said at a UN press conference.