The number of dead children in Gaza for reasons related to malnutrition or hunger From the beginning of the Israeli offensive he rose this Sunday to 100according to the last account published by the Ministry of Health of the Palestinian enclave.
This means that almost half of the total Dead for malnutrition, which are already 210they have been minor in these almost two years of Israeli offensive against Gaza.
The hospitals of the Strip registered yesterday, Saturday, five deaths from starvationamong them two children, according to the healthcase of health.
During the month of July, the deaths in Gaza due to lack of food shot after months of blocking at the entrance of humanitarian aid by Israel, who controls all accesses to the territory.
Between March 2 and May 19 the blockade was total, while the aid flow is now very limited and insufficient, humanitarian organizations denounce.
Recent image of internal displaced Palestinians, including children, with pots in their hands, while waiting for food. / Mohammed Saber / EFE
Little humanitarian aid
Israel said Sunday that in the last week – August 3 to 9 – 1,900 humanitarian aid trucks “were collected and distributed” in the Gaza Strip through the Cruces of Zikim (in the north) and Kerem Shalom (South), which is an average of a means of 270 daily trucks compared to the 600 necessary – according to humanitarian organizations- to meet the needs of the Gazatis.
Of the total, the COGAT, the Israeli agency in charge of civil affairs in the occupied Palestinian territories, ensures that more than 1,300 trucks contained mainly food.
“We will continue to facilitate humanitarian aid to Gaza for the civilian population Not stop Hamás“, collect the note.
In its last weekly count published last Sunday, COGAT reported that they had entered the strip 1,200 trucks with humanitarian aid.
And in ten days, from July 27 to August 5, they entered Gaza 1,950 trucksaccording to this same organism. In this same period, the Gaza government – in Hamas – said they had entered the 850 trucks enclave.
On the last figure of the Cogat, the Gazatí government has not yet pronounced.
Israel’s veto
Internal displaced Palestinians go to humanitarian aid trucks to get food. / Haitham imad / efe
He Veto imposed by Israel at the entrance of the international press to the Gaza Strip From the beginning of the Israeli offensive It makes it difficult to contrast this numbers.
What the main organizations such as the UN and Gazatis themselves consulted by Efe are noting that the help that comes is insufficient. And they emphasize that to alleviate the current situation of the strip, on the edge of the famine, the daily entrance of 600 trucks is needed.
Another problem reported by the Government of the Strip is that Most trucks that access Gaza are lootedby hungry civilians but also by armed bands, given the lack of security measures by Israel, which prevents them from reaching the stores safely so that the aid can be distributed.
