Over 60,000 Palestinians in northern Gaza 'on verge of death' as Israeli siege rages on
Gaza's civil defense agency has described as “catastrophic” the situation in the besieged northern Gaza Strip, saying at least 60,000 Palestinians living in the area are at risk of death.
Mahmoud Basal, spokesman of the Palestinian Civil Defense in Gaza, made the remarks in a statement on Wednesday, as the Israeli regime continues its relentless aggression and siege on the territory.
Basal went on to say that residents of the northern Gaza Strip have not received food and clean water for 60 days.
“The situation in the city of Beit Lahia and other northern areas is catastrophic, and we are unable to provide health, medical and emergency services to the residents of these areas,” he said, adding that houses in the area have become uninhabitable.
The spokesman for Gaza's civil defense agency further noted that the occupying regime forces are committing genocide against the residents of the northern Gaza Strip.
Backed by the United States and its Western allies, Israel launched the war on Gaza on October 7, 2023, after the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas carried out Operation Al-Aqsa Flood against the Israeli regime in response to its decades-long campaign of oppression against Palestinians.
The regime’s bloody onslaught on Gaza has so far killed 44,502 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured 105,250 others. Thousands more are also missing and presumed dead under rubble.
The Tel Aviv regime has imposed a “complete siege” on the territory, cutting off fuel, electricity, food and water to the more than two million Palestinians living there.
International aid organizations have repeatedly raised the alarm over the deteriorating conditions in Gaza, saying aid shipments reaching Gaza now stand at their lowest since the start of the Israeli aggression.
The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations has already called for unrestricted and safe access to deliver emergency aid into war-ravaged Gaza in order to prevent the spread of famine there.
Earlier, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor, a Geneva-based NGO, reported that nearly 70,000 Palestinians are trapped in northern Gaza, facing famine due to a crippling Israeli siege on the area for over three months.
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