Hundreds of hunger in Gaza: Un reports on fatal incident

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Hundreds of hungry Palestinians stormed a UN camp in Gaza in search of food, which led to two deaths. The UN warn of catastrophic humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip.
Hundreds of hungry Palestinians stormed a UN camp in Gaza in search of food, which led to two deaths. The UN warn of catastrophic humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip. (Symbolbild/DNAT)

A hungry crowd from Palestinians is on Wednesday in a United Nations warehouse in Gaza strip entered, with at least two deaths and several injuries. The famine in the Gaza strip is increasing.

tragic event at the WFP warehouse

“Horden hungry people have entered the warehouse of the WFP in al-Ghafari, Deir al-Balah, in search of grocery deliveries that were upside down for the distribution,” said the World Nutrition Program (WFP). “The first reports indicate that two people died and several were injured.”

unclear circumstances of the injuries and deaths

The exact causes of deaths and injuries are unclear. The WFP announced that the exact circumstances would be checked and emphasized that the tragedy was due to the “alarming and deteriorating conditions on site” that are directly connected to the blockade of humanitarian aid.

The humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza

Comparable videos and photos that are available show hundreds of people inside the warehouse who take everything you can find in food. A man with a bloody face holds a sack of flour in his hand.

The incident in the WFP camp underlines the accelerating humanitarian catastrophe in the besieged area. A 11-week Israeli Blockade Palestinians are hunger, with the first humanitarian aids flowing back into the besieged area.

The urgency of emergency aid

"The humanitarian needs have come out of control after 80 days of complete blockade of all food aids and other support services for GAZA," said the UN authority.

The warehouse contained vital supplies, including flour, which was intended for systematic helping, which was now impaired by this desperate act.

"The WFP has constantly warned of the alarming and deteriorating conditions on site and pointed out the risks that arise from the restriction of humanitarian aid for starving people in a desperate situation," said the authority. “Gaza urgently needs an expansion of food aid. This is the only way to assure people that they will not starve.”

reactions to the humanitarian crisis

The public information office of the Unrwa in Gaza described the incident in the WFP camp as a “unfortunate incident” and stated: “Unfortunately, people are once more forced to take desperate measures, as a result of the continuing Israeli blockade of access to food and relief goods in the gaza strip.”

The robbery on Wednesday took place a day after chaos Gaza had broken out, which was operated by a controversial group supported by the USA. Thousands of desperate Palestinians crowded to maintain food aids, while Israeli troops fired warning shots into the air and briefly withdrawn the US entrepreneurs who monitor the site.

Palestinian health officers reported that a person was killed in the incident on Tuesday and 48 others were injured.