MADRID 9 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The United Nations has once again warned of the serious risk of famine faced by the population of the northern Gaza Strip just as the conflict marks 400 days and has underlined the need for urgent intervention by those with the capacity to influence – -direct or indirect– in the region.
“Immediate action is required, in a matter of days and not weeks, by all actors who directly participate in the conflict, or who have influence on its development, to avoid and alleviate this catastrophic situation,” they stated this Friday. UN food security experts.
This warning, lamented the director of the World Food Program (WFP), Cindy McCain, “confirms what is unacceptable.” “Immediate measures must be taken to allow a safe, rapid and unimpeded flow of humanitarian and commercial supplies to avoid a total catastrophe,” he agreed, urging to do it “now.”
In a context in which humanitarian aid has been paralyzed and the number of trucks entering Gaza has been “drastically” reduced, food prices “are now about ten times higher than before the conflict.” “This alert is a reminder that the eyes of the world must be on Gaza and that action must be taken now,” McCain reiterated.
The absence of a response “in the coming days” to these calls, the United Nations has added, “will further deteriorate” the situation and “more civilian deaths will occur that could be avoided.”
“If effective action is not taken by influential stakeholders, the magnitude of this looming catastrophe is likely to dwarf everything we have seen so far in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023,” they concluded.
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