Gaza Hunger, Disease to Worsen Amid Man-Made Famine: WHO

The United Nations

The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday issued a new warning over the deadly impacts of the ongoing Israeli blockade of Gaza on people there now suffering starvation.

In an online alert, the UN agency said that disease and hunger will only increase, unless all Israeli impediments to aid delivery at scale are removed and access is allowed across the Strip.

The UN aid coordination office, OCHA , confirmed on Wednesday that some aid is allowed into the enclave every day, albeit far too little to meet the huge level of needs.

OCHA's Olga Cherevko returned this week to a UN-supported community kitchen in Gaza City that she last visited in March, which had been struggling to stay open even then during the total blockade.

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