International organizations warn of famine in northern Gaza

Ten thousand Palestinians, including dozens of patients in three hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip, are in immediate danger of starvation or long-term health effects as a result of the Zionist regime's unlawful siege of this region.

Since September 25, the Zionist regime has blocked the entry of any humanitarian aid into northern Gaza. Four days later, the occupying regime launched a massive military offensive against all residents of Jablia and Beit Lahia, cutting off the northern province of Gaza from the rest of the Gaza Strip by preventing the entry of any goods.

In addition to being intentionally and persistently bombarded, the people who remain under siege in northern Gaza lack access to food, water, and medical supplies. Anyone traveling in the area in search of these essentials will be targeted and martyred by the Zionist regime's drones.

The field group of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor (Euro-Med Monitor) has documented the shocking statements of Palestinians who have been forced to leave the northern Gaza Strip about the severe hunger and lack of food there. The organization issues a warning that hunger, severe malnutrition, and associated illnesses will become more common and spread as a result of this circumstance, particularly among pregnant women, children, and the elderly.

The Palestinians are currently dealing with the worst hunger, bombing, and forced displacement campaign by the Zionist regime. They have not recovered from the previous waves of hunger that occurred at various times at the end of last year and multiple times in the preceding months.

The circumstances in the southern and northern regions of Gaza are essentially the same. The Israeli government still places strict restrictions on aid workers' access to the area, restricts the number of aid trucks that can enter, and frequently uses robbers and armed groups to seize a sizable percentage of aid trucks in regime-controlled areas in order to stop them from reaching their destination.

Due to a lack of employment opportunities, cash flow issues, and the breakdown of local production capacity, all Gaza Strip residents are now dependent on foreign humanitarian aid. Therefore, halting such assistance would mean denying them access to food and other necessities for survival.