Palestinians in Gaza are suffering from man-made “mass starvation” due to the aid blockade on the enclave, the chief of the World Health Organization warned reporters at a briefing on Wednesday.
“Parents tell us their children cry themselves to sleep from hunger,” Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. “Food distribution sites have become places of violence.”
More than 100 humanitarian organizations have signed a joint letter calling on Israel to restore the full flow of food, clean water, and medical supplies to Gaza.
Scores of people — most of them children — have died of malnutrition since the conflict began in October 2023, the Palestinian health ministry says.
Israel has previously blamed Hamas for its decision to halt aid shipments, alleging the…