Why it matters:
The crisis in Gaza has entered a new phase of horror, with hunger and malnutrition claiming the lives of babies amid relentless Israeli bombardments.
What they're saying:
Palestinian groups, including Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and the Popular Front, have warned that Israel’s hostile policies are derailing ceasefire talks and deepening regional tensions. They hold the occupying regime and its international backers fully accountable for the escalating humanitarian disaster.
Amjad al-Shawa, Director of the Palestinian NGOs Network, sounded the alarm over extreme hunger in Gaza, warning that a full-scale humanitarian disaster is unfolding and said: “We are witnessing a silent massacre of Palestinians if aid does not reach them urgently,” he said.
Key points:
- Malnutrition and hunger have reached disastrous levels, particularly impacting women and children.
- On Sunday, 93 Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli forces while trying to receive food aid, most of them in northern Gaza.
- The World Food Programme reported an attack on one of its convoys at a checkpoint and condemned assaults on aid workers and starving civilians as “unacceptable.”
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