Of Athena Papakosta

The Secretary -General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Gembeges, speaking at a press conference yesterday Wednesday, stressed that the population in the Gaza Strip is facing bombs and with famine.

“The 2.1 million people trapped in the Gaza war zone are facing another killer, beyond the bombs and bullets: they die of hunger. We are witnesses today a fatal increase in deaths associated with malnutrition, “he said, already adding that” I do not know how we could call this differently, except that people are dying of hunger and this has been caused by humans. It is very clear and this is done because of the exclusion. “

According to data from the World Health Organization, only in July, 5,100 children have been introduced into malnutrition programs. The 800 of them are severely slim.

For its part, Israel blames Hamas for the crisis lack of food in Gaza with Israeli government spokesman David Mencher, at the same time stressing that “there is no famine in Gaza”. As he explained, “there is the hunger of truth and Israel will never stop saying it.”

Earlier, more than 100 humanitarian organizations warned that it was spreading a “mass starvation” to the Palestinian enclave as supplies were completely exhausted. As large quantities of food, water and medicines have emphasized, they remain unused outside gauze, accusing Israel of imposing restrictions, which cause “chaos, hunger and death”.

They add that the situation has worsened so much that even their own colleagues are now losing their forces, and demanding that humanitarian aid traditions be restored under the UN leadership.

The Israeli Foreign Ministry is referring to statements that parrot the Hamas propaganda, while the UN Secretary -General was talking about a frightening spectacle, clarifying that hunger was beating everyone.

“The latter have already been distributed. We have nothing to offer anymore, “a spokesman for the Independent Humanitarian Organization Norwegian Refugee Council told Israel for chaos.