New Delhi: UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini said the last time the agency was allowed to deliver supplies to the north or Wadi Gaza was more than two weeks ago on January 23.
“Since the beginning of the year, half of our aid mission requests to the north were denied,” Lazzarini wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on February 8, Thursday.
“The @UN has identified deep pockets of starvation and hunger in northern #Gaza where people are believed to be on the verge of famine. At least 300,000 people living in the area depend on our assistance for their survival,” he said.
Hundreds of thousands of people’s lives are at risk in north and central Gaza because of a lack of food, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees warned on Thursday.
Other agencies providing humanitarian aid also reported blocks on getting relief into the Palestinian territory, which has been bombarded by Israel since Hamas’s deadly attack on October 7, France24 reported.
Israel has ordered people living in north and central Gaza to move south as it goes after those responsible for the October 7 attack.
However, many remain in Wadi Gaza, in the centre, and the north, the report said.