DaysofPal—The Government Media Office in Gaza announced on Friday that the number of children who have died due to malnutrition has risen to 69.
The total number of deaths caused by the lack of food and medicine has now reached 620, amid ongoing Israeli full blockade of the Gaza Strip and a sharp decline in effective international intervention.
These conditions are fueling a worsening famine that threatens the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians, particularly children, patients, and pregnant women.
The office confirmed that the Israeli occupation has kept all crossings into Gaza completely sealed for 139 consecutive days, preventing the entry of more than 76,000 trucks carrying humanitarian aid and fuel.
It also revealed that Israeli forces have deliberately targeted 42 community kitchens and 57 food distribution centers as part of an intentional starvation policy.
In addition, Israeli attacks have struck humanitarian convoys 121 times, killing 877 Palestinians at what are now referred to as “death traps” near American-Israeli aid centers, injuring more than 5,666 people, and leaving 42 others missing.
Under these dire circumstances, approximately 650,000 children in Gaza are facing the risk of death due to hunger and malnutrition.
Meanwhile, 12,500 cancer patients are struggling to survive without access to treatment or nutrition, and nearly 60,000 pregnant women are at serious risk due to the complete lack of healthcare and basic nourishment.
The Government Media Office described these developments as an ongoing and systematic act of genocide, placing full responsibility on the Israeli occupation, as well as on countries complicit through silence, complicity, or direct support, chief among them the United States, Germany, and France.
The office urgently called on the international community, free nations, and humanitarian and human rights organizations to take immediate and decisive action to stop the starvation campaign and save the remaining innocent lives that are being eradicated in full view of the world.
It emphasized the urgent need to open the crossings without delay and to ensure the safe and regular delivery of food, medicine, and fuel.
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