Palestinian children face hunger under the overall siege in Gaza in Israel Israeli conflict news

UNICEF says that children face a “increasing threat to hunger, disease and death” as Israel prevents food and other delivery.

The United Nations warned that thousands of Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip are facing an increasing threat to hunger. Israel’s continuous siege From food, water and other critical supplies to the besieged coastal lands and bombing the third month.

The United Nations Children’s Rights Agency (UNICEF) said on Friday that more than 9,000 children have been accepted to treat acute malnutrition since the beginning of the year.

But the situation Get off Since Israel has imposed a totally siege on the Palestinian pocket in early March.

“For two months, children in the Gaza Strip faced unimaginable bombing while depriving them of basic commodities, services and care for life,” said Catherine Russell, UNICEF CEO in statement.

“With every day the siege passes, they face the risk of hunger, disease and death – nothing can justify it.”

Israel has prevented all humanitarian assistance from reaching the Palestinians in Gaza since March 2, which has sparked international condemnation.

United Nations World Food Program He said last week Its nutritional supplies have been “exhausted” in the siege, and warned that the societal kitchens on which thousands of Palestinians depend will be forced to close.

“We do not ask whether the food is nourishing or not, if it is new or good, then this is luxury, we just want to fill the stomach of our children,” which is one of the displaced Palestinian parents Amnesty International said About the crisis. “I don’t want my child to die hungry.”

The Israeli government said that the siege aims to pressure the Palestinian group Hamas to release the prisoners in Gaza. But it has not led to any other versions since the ceasefire earlier this year, which witnessed the exchange of Palestinian prisoners for Israeli prisoners.

Meanwhile, Hamas official Abdel Rahman Shadid on Friday accused Israel of using hunger as a “deliberate war weapon” against the Palestinians.

“Children die from a lack of milk, not just from bombs,” Shadid said in a statement posted on the group Telegram.

Legal experts and human rights groups noticed that Israel as an occupation force Commitment under international law To provide food and other assistance to the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

They condemned the siege as a violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention.

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians of all ages suffer from high levels of food insecurity in Gaza, according to IPC, which is a global hunger monitor.

Amjad Shawa, director of the Palestinian NGO Network, told Al -Jazeera that the situation is getting worse because health facilities lack the supplies needed to treat children who are struggling with malnutrition.

“We do not have supplementary supplies, or supplementary medications for these children,” Shawa told Al -Jazeera from Gaza City. He added: “There is great concern that we will witness more victims in the next few days.”

At Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza, Dr. Ahmed Abu Nasser said that the situation has ever had ever due to the siege.

“Children are in their growing phase and they strongly need some nutrients, including proteins and fats,” the pediatrician told Al -Jazeera. “This is not available in the Gaza Strip, especially in the north.”

More than 5,2400 Palestinians have been killed since the Israeli war on Gaza began in October 2023, according to the numbers of the Ministry of Health in Gaza.