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UN warns Gaza faces mass starvation as crossings remain closed
Summary
The United Nations warned that more than 2.1 million people in Gaza face severe shortages of food, medicine and fuel after more than a month with no sustained humanitarian deliveries; the UN urged immediate reopening of crossings and called for unconditional release of hostages.
The United Nations spokesperson warned Tuesday that more than 2,100,000 people in the Gaza Strip are “trapped, bombed, and starved again” after more than a month in which commercial and humanitarian supplies largely failed to enter the territory.
The spokesperson said the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and other UN agencies have reported that food, medicine, fuel and shelter supplies are piling up at crossings and that “assertions that there is now enough food for all Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are far from the reality on the ground.” The UN said vital equipment and commodities are running extremely low.
The warning came during the daily UN press briefing at UN headquarters in New York, where the spokesperson said that while the latest ceasefire enabled some deliveries, repeated denials of coordinated movements have prevented aid from reaching large parts of Gaza. “OCHA says all attempts to pick up…
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