Gaza: No aid has reached war-torn enclave for more than three weeks

Gaza enters longest stretch without aid as Israel continues airstrikes

No food or supplies have entered Gaza since in over three weeks, the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees said Friday, making it the longest stretch without aid entering the enclave, as Israel intensifies its military operations amid the crushing near-complete blockade, plunging the Gaza Strip into deeper desperation.

In Gaza, the United Nations announced on Friday, 28 March, that its food supplies could only cover the needs for the next two weeks. Since 2 March, the humanitarian trucks no longer enter Gaza. The bombings continue and the population, who had hailed the truce, raving, to the point of despair at times.

The commissioner general of the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNAPR), Philippe Lazzarini , denounced this Thursday that "humanitarian aid has not entered Gaza for more than three weeks." The Palestinian enclave is living "the longest period" without receiving supplies since the beginning of the war. On March 1, Israel decided to cut off the arrival of humanitarian aid in Gaza as a measure to pressure Hamas to accept an agreemen…

UN warns of Gaza malnutrition as Israeli attacks kill 30

The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Thursday that thousands of Palestinians in Gaza are facing severe hunger and malnutrition, with no aid entering the region for over three weeks. The WFP highlighted that dwindling food supplies and Israel's ongoing closure of border crossings are severely hindering aid efforts. The organisation also stressed that Israel's renewed attacks on Gaza have put civilians and humanitarian workers at greater …

For more than three weeks, Israel has not allowed aid to be delivered to the Gaza Strip. Everything is missing, even international helpers can do little. The Palestinians wonder why the world allows it.

The Gaza Strip is in a critical state as the bombings persist and access to commodities becomes increasingly restricted. READ ALSO: They call for global mobilization in defense of Palestine on Jerusalem Day This Thursday, the head of the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, characterized the situation as "the darkest moment of humanity" and alerted about the increase in hunger and the likely spread of disea…