OCHA: Israel is blocking the delivery of medicine to northern Gaza

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said that the Zionist regime of Israel has continued to prevent the delivery of important humanitarian aid, including essential medicines and fuel to operate water and sanitation services in the northern Gaza Strip.

Jan 18, 2024 - 06:46
OCHA: Israel is blocking the delivery of medicine to northern Gaza
OCHA: Israel is blocking the delivery of medicine to northern Gaza

The United Nations agency has warned that the lack of these essential supplies poses serious health risks to the besieged people of the Gaza Strip. In addition, according to the United Nations Organization for Serving Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), 40 percent of the 2.3 million inhabitants of Gaza face the risk of starvation. The UNRWA High Commissioner has said: The Palestinian people are facing common pains, and there is no safe area in the Gaza Strip. Israeli crimes in Gaza Before that, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) emphasized the need for an immediate cessation of hostilities in the Gaza Strip, in order to prevent the continued killing and torture of civilians while the Israeli regime's war against the area continued for more than months. three. Attacks by the aggressive Israeli regime, apart from killing tens of thousands of Palestinians, have also left most of the Gaza Strip in ruins. Reports state that 70 percent of the houses and buildings in the Gaza Strip have been demolished following the attacks from all sides of the Zionist administration in the area.