The warning was issued in an alert issued by the Famine Assessment Committee (FRC) Integrated Phase Classification (IPC), which emphasized that the humanitarian situation in the region is extremely serious and deteriorating. go quickly.
“Immediate action is needed, within days not weeks, by all parties directly involved in the conflict.or those who influence its conduct, to prevent and alleviate this dire situation,” it said.
‘The unacceptable has been confirmed’
Commenting on the warning, the head of the World Food Program (WFP) declared that “the unacceptable has been confirmed.”
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Tell me before UN NewsWFP Director of Food Security and Nutrition Analysis, Jean-Martin Bauer, said the situation was a result of large-scale population displacement, reduced commercial and humanitarian capital flows into the Gaza Strip as well as such as the destruction of infrastructure and medical facilities.
There was “one drastically reduce the number of trucks entering Gazahe said.
“By the end of October, we were down to 58 trucks a day, compared to about 200 during the summer, and most of the trucks that came in… were carrying humanitarian aid.”
Food costs have increased
Furthermore, as capital inflows have fallen, food prices have increased in the north, essentially doubling in recent weeks.
“Now their prices are about 10 times higher than before the conflict. So this warning is a reminder that the world needs to look to Gaza and that action is needed now.he said.
Prevent ‘humanitarian disaster’
The FRC calls on “all potentially influential stakeholders to take immediate action to reverse this humanitarian disaster.”
The Special Committee calls on all parties directly involved in the conflict or those with influence to immediately release food, water, medical and nutritional supplies and other essential items. into Gaza.
Other recommendations include ending the Israeli siege of the northern regions, as well as attacks on medical facilities and other civilian infrastructure, and allowing medical facilities to were re-supplied with medical equipment and medical staff were released from detention.
“Failure to respond to these calls over the next few days will make the humanitarian situation worse. and additional, avoidable civilian deaths,” it said.
“If effective action is not taken by influential stakeholders, the scale of this impending disaster will likely eclipse what we have seen so far in the Gaza Strip since October 7 2023.”
