At least eight people, including two babies, have lost their lives in the Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours because of the famine that the area has been suffering After months of Israeli block over the arrival of supplies, as local medical sources have affirmed on Saturday and has confirmed EFE.
These deaths The total number of victims, of which 114 are minor elevated to 281since the Israeli military offensive began, as indicated by the Ministry of Health of Gaza. One of the deceased babies is Ghadeer Brika, five months old, who died yesterday at the Naser hospital in Jan Yunis, south of Gaza, due to a “severe malnutrition,” according to Dr. Ahmed.
Although the girl was born with atrophy and cerebral paralysis, her death occurred due to the lack of nutritional foods and supplements. His father, Ashraf Brika, told the Wafa agency that the little girl “He died due to lack of milk “after trying without success to get children’s formula, essential for nutrition, in the devastated area. Ghadeer’s mother, Sahar Salim Brika, 31, also suffers from malnutrition and could not feed her daughter.
The Ministry of Health of Gaza has asked the international community to act against genocide and hunger, as well as an aid beyond your statements. “We emphasize that famine instigation is only an element in the chapters of genocide, which also includes the systematic destruction of the health sector and other sectors, mass killings and generational eradication policy,” the statement defends. “Hundreds of deaths could have been avoided, and thousands’ lives are at stake,” he finally adds.
It should be noted that just one day the UN declared, for the first time in the Middle East, that Gaza and its surroundings are facing a famine that affects more than half a million people. Finally, Tom Fletcher, UN Deputy Secretary for Humanitarian Affairs, said that this food crisis is “Predictible and avoidable” and is directly related to human intervention.
