Amman: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Commissioner-General, Philippe Lazzarini, warned on Saturday that children in the Gaza Strip are starving amid Israel's closure of crossings and blocking of food and basic supplies that has been going on since March 2. Israel's continued prevention of food and other essentials from entering Gaza is deliberate starvation that is politically driven, he said on X, adding the children of Gaza are starving.
According to Jordan News Agency, Lazzarini said the tight Israeli blockade is nearing its second month, and calls for the access of humanitarian aid are falling on deaf ears. The United Nations World Food Programme (UNDP) warned on Friday that its food stocks in Gaza have completely run out due to the blockade.