Palestinian Civil Defence sources in the Gaza Strip have reported that 70,000 civilians in the northern Gaza Strip at West Bank are at risk of starvation and deadly thirst if they survive the intense Israeli attacks, amid an intensified siege that has been ongoing for over a month, reports Middle East Monitor.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) confirmed that more than 65,000 Palestinians are suffering inhumane conditions in the northern Gaza Strip due to the continued Israeli bombardment and deprivation of basic necessities for living.
The statement referred to the “the scale of death, destruction and deprivation”, stressing that “civilians must be able to receive the humanitarian assistance they need, wherever they are. All of this is required by international humanitarian law.”
The World Health Organisation (WHO) also announced that it had failed in three attempts to deploy an international medical team to Kamal Adwan and Al-Awda Hospitals in the northern Gaza Governorate, after the Israeli occupation regime denied their entry.
The WHO plans to send new missions in the coming days to deliver vital medical supplies and transport 10,000 litres of fuel.
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