The destruction in the Gaza Strip is leaving the entire population without means of subsistence in a situation never before suffered in the Palestinian enclavewith its entire society on the verge of collapse, warned this Tuesday Action Against Hunger.
The non-governmental organization shared testimonies in Madrid from several of its members after returning from the Strip, where The dead exceed 36,500 and the injured total almost 83,000the majority women and children, since Israel launched its military offensive after the attack by the Islamist group Hamas on October 7.
The war “has left the entire population without means of subsistence and without any access to basic services”said Cristina Izquierdo, nutrition coordinator for an Action Against Hunger emergency team who has been in Gaza.
The humanitarian crisis raises fears that in many areas famine will reach extreme levels, exceeding 30 percent of the populationbut the impossibility of accessing different areas of the Strip prevents us from knowing this drama more precisely.
Humanitarian aid “has to arrive immediately and widespread to prevent large-scale mortality”, otherwise “the collapse of society could happen,” said the aid worker.
Dramatic scenes
Left described the deterioration of a person who does not receive minimal nutritionwith irreversible consequences for the rest of their lives, especially for children, whose development is hindered.
«The muscles, the skin, the hair, the nails. The haggard appearance we see in people“He said, so the main objective of Action Against Hunger is to deliver food to the population at greatest risk. «We have never been in this situation before.“, lament.
His colleague Fenia Diamanti, coordinator of emergency projects for Action Against Hunger, who has just returned from the Strip, narrated how “in Gaza the simplest thing is now very complicated.”
“Nothing exists in Gaza” and those who manage to access the coastal enclave have to carry everything from food and hygiene products to electronic equipment such as a mobile phone charger, he commented.
