Although the private aid platform managed by the United States and the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation supported by the United States continues to receive its own supplies, “We are on a descent into massive famine”, insisted Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the United Nations Coordination Office, OchhaFriday.
Referring to the latest catastrophic evaluation of food insecurity in Gaza from the IPC A group of experts, Mr. Laerke noted that 500,000 people are in the worst situation possible today, with 160,000 others which should be added to this number in the coming weeks.
Everyone lacks food
“They all need food,” he told Geneva journalists. “” The whole Gaza Strip needs food. It would not have been declared famine if there had been enough food. “”
In related development, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) underlined the growing risk of transmitted diseases in Gaza, with 94 suspicious cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome now reported.
The disease can cause paralysis and is treatable in the hospital with exchanges of immunoglobulins or intravenous plasma, according to the WHO. ” But these two [treatments] are at zero stock, just like anti-inflammatory drugs“Said the spokesperson for whom Christian Lindmeier, referring to restrictions during Israeli aid having an impact on humanitarian aid supplies entering Gaza.” These deliveries must be accelerated urgently as much as the surveillance and test capacities. »»
Between August 20 and 26, out of 89 attempts to coordinate rescue missions with the Israeli authorities through Gaza, 53 were facilitated, 23 were initially approved but then hampered on the ground, seven were refused and six had to be withdrawn by the organizers, said OCHA in a update.
More to come to this development story …
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