"Gaza Northern Catastrophic Situation... 20 Dead from Starvation and Dehydration"

Gaza Food Inflation Rate Soars to 118% in January

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported on the 7th (local time) that repeated failures by the Israeli military to deliver relief supplies to northern Gaza have caused hunger to reach catastrophic levels.

OCHA stated that only 6 out of 24 planned humanitarian missions in northern Gaza were carried out in February. This contrasts sharply with the southern region, where 105 out of 200 planned missions were executed, a significant increase compared to the previous month (65 missions).

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The UN attempted two food convoys to northern Gaza on the 18th and 19th of last month, but the operations were halted after Israeli forces began showing aggressive behavior toward the gathering Palestinian crowds.

With no humanitarian aid reaching northern Gaza, the local situation is worsening. According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, the cumulative death toll from malnutrition and dehydration has risen to 20. Jamie McGoldrick, the Humanitarian Coordinator, stated, "Hunger in northern Gaza has reached catastrophic levels."

Meanwhile, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) reported that more than half of the stores surveyed between the 7th and 15th of last month in Deir al-Balah and Rafah in Gaza showed reduced food stocks, with many completely out of stock. The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics also reported that the food inflation rate in Gaza reached 118% in January.

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