GENOCIDAL WAR: 100%  OF PALESTINIANS RISK ACUTE FOOD INSECURITY  – AMB. SHAWESH

By Vincess Okushi

A 167 days of GENOCIDAL WAR against the Palestinian has caused a devastating effect on the citizens as 100 % are currently facing severe acute food insecurity in the region .

Speaking at a weekly briefing by the Ambassador of Palestinian to Nigeria in Abuja, Abdullah Shawesh said  the Israeli genocidal war has taken many forms, thereby preventing the entry of necessary medical supplies, especially for chronic diseases. 

He noted that the health condition of 1000 to 1500 kidney failure patients in the Gaza Strip is rapidly worsening due to the lack of medical services, medication, and other necessities stressing that this has resulted to the death toll  31,819 as of Wednesday, March 20 and appealed to food conscience individuals to narrow down the effect on children, women and girls in Gaza. 

Palestinians in Gaza are enduring horrifying levels of hunger and suffering … This is the highest number of people facing catastrophic hunger ever recorded …anywhere, anytime”

UN human rights chief Volker Türk insisted that “hunger, starvation and famine” were the result of Israel’s “extensive restrictions on the entry and distribution of humanitarian aid and commercial goods”
There are 700,000 internally displaced persons taking refuge in only 20% of the Gaza Strip. In the Occupied West Bank, there have been 436 martyrs and more than 4,670 injured.
The Israeli genocidal war took many forms, one of which is preventing the entry of necessary medical supplies, especially for chronic diseases. The health condition of 1000 to 1500 kidney failure patients in the Gaza Strip is rapidly worsening due to the lack of medical services, medication, and other necessities.
Palestinian unemployment rate set to soar to 57% during first quarter of 2024.
Another life-threatening issue for Gazans today is the presence of remaining explosive materials hidden under the rubble, on the streets, and everywhere else. Mine action partners are currently conducting assessments of the explosive threat and educating Gazans on how to avoid it. According to OCHA “Larger-scale assessments are urgently required, but response efforts have been hampered by restrictions on the import of humanitarian mine action supplies and authorization requirements for the deployment of specialized personnel.”
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said at the opening of a conference on humanitarian aid for Gaza in Brussels. “In Gaza we are no longer on the brink of famine, we are in a state of famine, affecting thousands of people,”….”This is unacceptable. Starvation is used as a weapon of war. Israel is provoking famine.”
Malnutrition is a devastating threat to lives across Gaza, as evidenced by the UN published report on March 15, 2024. Where “one in three children under two in the Northern Gaza Strip suffer from acute malnutrition… Malnutrition among the children is spreading fast and reaching devastating and unprecedented levels…… at least 23 children in the Northern Gaza Strip have reportedly died from malnutrition and dehydration in recent weeks, adding to a mounting toll of children killed in the strip in this current conflict- about 13450…..Nutrition screening conducted by UNICEF and partners in the north in February found that 4.5 percent of the children in shelters and health centers suffer from severe wasting, life-threatening from malnutrition”

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