Gaza Faces Severe Hunger Crises and A Potential Risk of Mass Famine
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Four months since Israel launched its bombing campaign on Gaza following Hamas’ brutal Oct 7 attacks, almost 29,000 people have been killed, and more than 2 million are experiencing a hunger crisis and potential risk of mass famine, according to data. This comes a day after the US vetoed the UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire.
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are now at risk of dying from hunger and diseases, and only an immediate ceasefire and a significant increase in humanitarian assistance can prevent further deaths caused by hunger and disease.
“If the situation continues,” a UNRWA worker says, “we will see one of the biggest disasters we have faced as humanitarians. It will be due to hunger, disease, and the very polluted and dangerous environment in Gaza, resulting from the residuals of the thousands of bombs, the white phosphorus, the raw sewage floating all over the place, and the unsafe water being consumed as people don’t have other choices.”
Nearly 3 out of 4 Palestinians in Gaza are drinking from contaminated water sources, leading to a rise in communicable diseases. Around 1.7 million people are displaced, with many sheltering in UNRWA facilities. Almost half the population of Gaza is in Rafah, facing bombings in the North with nowhere else to go. A further offensive strike on Rafah by Israel will deepen the hunger crisis even more and break the already weak inflows of aid.
On the other hand, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated that the Army will continue fighting until it has destroyed Hamas and freed the remaining 130 hostages.
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