HAMILTON, Sept 23 — The United Nations (UN) has raised the alarm over the worsening humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip as Israeli military operations continue across the enclave, Anadolu Ajansi reported.
Citing the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said that "as Israeli military operations continue across the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian civil defence said that over the last 10 days, it carried out more than 50 rescue and recovery missions."
Pointing to the worsening food insecurity due to ongoing Israeli attacks, he said: "Hostilities have disrupted nutrition services in Gaza Governorate, where famine was confirmed over one month ago."
"Partners working in nutrition report that almost half of the treatment centres are reportedly closed," he said during a press conference on Monday, adding that it "hampers efforts to detect new cases and maintain treatment of hundreds of children."
Dujarric warned that "desperate families are leaving Gaza City, with many moving towards Khan Younis and Deir al-Bala in the south, where there is very little space to accommodate new arrivals."
Emphasising that "displacement sites are already overcrowded" due to repeated Israeli evacuation orders, he reiterated the "desperate" need for humanitarian support for the Gazans in the north.
