On Friday, the World Health Organization urged Israel to stop the “catastroph” starvation of people in the Gaza Strip. WHO chief Tedros Adhan Ghebreyesus said at least 370 people have died of malnutrition since the beginning of the war in the Palestinian enclave. According to the AFP report, TASR reports this.
“This disaster that Israel could have been prevented and can stop at any time,” Ghebreyesus said. “Starvation of civilians as a method of war is a war crime that can never be tolerated: Such action in one conflict threatens its legitimizing in future conflicts, ”he said.
The WHO chief thus commented two weeks after the integrated classification of food safety phases (IPC) supported by the United Nations (UN) officially It declared the state of famine in Gaza, accusing Israel of “systematic obstruction” of humanitarian supplies to war destroyed by the Palestinian territory.
Israel rejects the accusations that his action would be caused by Gaza famine and claims that the Palestinian militant Hamas movement is responsible for the suffering of the people there. The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip announced on Friday that 373 people, including 134 children in October 2023, died of hunger and malnutrition since the beginning of the war in October 2023. Ghebreyesus repeated this number before journalists and said that more than 300 of these people died in the past two months.
“People are starving to death while foods that can save them lie near the trucks,” declared. “The most unnecessary part of this person caused by the disaster is that it can be stopped immediately,” said WHO chief, and asked why Israel allows the continuation of this situation.
Starring people in Gaza, in his words, will not make Israel safer, nor will it ensure the release of hostages. He noted that “where hunger goes, there is a disease”. Lack of food, pure water and cramped living conditions are exposed to people with weakened immune systems greater risk of disease. Over the past month, 100 cases have been recorded in the Palestinian enclave by Guillain-Barré syndrome, which may occur after another infection and lead to paralysis.
WHO also said that in the Gaza Strip is More than 15,000 patients who need urgent specialized care and are waiting for evacuation. More than 700 people, including 140 children, died while waiting for evacuation. “We call on the government of Israel to end this inhuman war,” declared. “If he doesn’t, I call on his allies to use their influence and stop it,” closed.
