The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) warned that insufficient aid was flowing into the besieged Gaza Strip. As a result, 40 per cent of its population is “at risk of famine” amid Israeli humanitarian aid restrictions.
UNRWA again warned that Gaza was “grappling with catastrophic hunger”, repeating calls for “humanitarian ceasefire” amid continuous Israeli airstrikes.
“The reality is, we need more aid. The only remaining hope is a humanitarian ceasefire.”
Thomas White, director of UNRWA affairs in Gaza, stated on X social media:
Every day is a struggle for survival, finding food and finding water.
Last week, the UN Security Council passed a resolution to expand aid to Gaza. However, aid groups and human rights activists called the resolution “woefully insufficient” and “nearly meaningless.”
According to the UN, more than 80 per cent of Gaza’s 2.4 million residents have been driven from their homes, with many now living in cramped shelters or makeshift tents in the far south, in and around the city of Rafah near the Egyptian border.
