At least 35 Palestinians were killed and more than 100 others were injured on Wednesday while Israel continues to hit Gaza.
Air strikes targeting residences in the center of the enclave killed at least 12 people, including children, as reported by the staff of the Palestinian hospital, who received the deceased.
The early morning attacks targeted three residences in the Nuseirat refugee camp. The victims included three children, including two brothers, with their remains arriving in fragments, according to the staff of the morgue.
Israel has carried out daily strikes on houses, shelters and public spaces since he moved to resume the fights on March 18. The blockade has deprived the more than 2 million gasians of all imports, including essential foods and medical supplies, for almost two months.
The United Nations reported that the food reserves have been exhausted and that humanitarian organizations indicate that thousands of Palestinian children suffer from malnutrition.
Israel claims that the blockade is intended to force Hamas to release the hostages taken on October 7, 2023. However, the High Commissioner of the United Nations Human Rights warned this week that the use of famine as a military strategy against civilians constitutes a war crime.
The UN will warn the supplies that will run out in the days
The United Nations Humanitarian Bureau reports that critical shortages of food, water and medical supplies while health services deteriorate and charitable kitchens cease operations.
The agency, known as the Ocha, announced on Wednesday that it would distribute its last emergency shelter kits in the coming days, which did not include tents.
The United Nations population said that it had exhausted all of its shelter materials, hygiene products and menstrual hygiene kits.
The OCHA also noted that only seven hospitals and four field hospitals continue to offer obstetric and neonatary care for families in Gaza, where more than 2 million people reside.
Meanwhile, hospitals observe a significant increase in cases of pregnant women and breastfeeding suffering from malnutrition and breastfeeding, the majority of newborns are insulted.
Charitable kitchens at risk of closing
Dozens of Palestinians gathered in charities of Deir al-Balah and Nuseirat to obtain their only meal for the day because food across the territory is exhausted. On Wednesday, a kitchen served pasta in a fine tomato sauce, another served lenses.
Crowds of people pushed against each other and shouted as they held their pots and their containers high in the air in a desperate attempt not to leave empty -handed.
“There is famine. There is no food or drinking thing,” Wafaa, a woman moved to Nuseirat with eight family members, told only her first name. “It would be an important crisis if the charities closed.”
Abu Hamza Fawaz, who works with the charitable association in Deir al-Balah, said that the kitchen would close in a few days due to the lack of food and fuel.
ADVERTISEMENTAhmed Yassin, who works with another charity in Nuseirat, said that a large number of small charities closed some time ago and that people had to count on the main municipal kitchens.
The war began when Hamas activists attacked southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killing about 1,200 people, most civilians. Hamas has taken 251 people in hostages and currently has 59, 24 of whom are considered alive.
A subsequent Israeli offensive has to date has killed more than 52,400 Palestinians, mainly women and children, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health managed by Hamas whose figure does not distinguish between combatants and civilians. According to the latest figures of the Israeli army, 850 of his soldiers have died since the start of the war.
Additional sources • AP
