The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has warned that 15,000 pregnant women in Gaza are at risk of starvation due to Israeli airstrikes. In addition, heavy rains and limited humanitarian assistance have worsened the situation of displaced people. This information is known from the report of the Qatari media Gulf Times.
According to the report, in a post shared by UNRWA on their X account, there are about 50,000 pregnant women in Gaza. More than 4 thousand children will be born in the month of December. Among them, 15,000 women are at risk of acute malnutrition.
A UN-backed report earlier this month warned that famine was imminent in northern Gaza. Food aid has virtually stopped due to intense bombing and fighting. UNRWA also reports that 2024 will be the deadliest year for humanitarian aid workers. 281 people lost their lives worldwide. Most of them are UNRWA workers in Gaza.
Meanwhile, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that Gaza, especially in the northern region, has experienced acute shortages of medicine, food, fuel and shelter. The WHO called on Israel to facilitate the entry of more humanitarian aid and relief operations. WHO Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a press briefing on Friday that almost all of the homeless have taken shelter in government buildings or relatives' homes since the war began. Now 90 percent of people are living in tents.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, 'This situation exposes them to various health risks, including respiratory diseases. Food shortages and malnutrition are likely to worsen, particularly in winter, due to rains and possible floods.' He specifically mentioned that the situation in northern Gaza is very critical. Israeli forces launched a major operation there in October.
Israel continues its 419th day of genocidal campaign against civilians in Gaza. Airstrikes, shelling and shelling are going on. Homeless people and innocent citizens are becoming targets. Northern Gaza has been under siege for 53 days. Genocide and human rights violations continue there. 12 Palestinians were killed and many others injured during Israeli occupation forces' operations in the central and northern Gaza Strip on Friday.
According to the Palestinian News Agency (Wafa), three martyrs and several others were injured in a bomb attack by the occupying forces on an industrial area in Tel al-Hawa area, southwest of Gaza. Another three were martyred and five wounded in an attack by occupation forces on Al-Wahda Street in Gaza City.
Five Palestinians were killed in a bomb attack on a house of the Al-Dahdouh family west of Al-Nuseirat refugee camp. Eight people were wounded in an airstrike by the occupation forces on a seaside resort west of Deir al-Balah.
Al-Awda Hospital in Al-Nuseirat said 31 dead and 127 injured people have arrived at the hospital as a result of the destruction of various houses in the camp by the occupation forces since Thursday and firing on civilians. The ICU chief of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza was killed in an Israeli drone attack on the hospital grounds.
The Ministry of Health of Gaza reported on Friday that since October 7, 2023, the number of dead in Gaza has reached 44,363. 1 lakh 5 thousand 70 people were injured. Most of them are women and children.
