Ismail Al-Thawabta, the spokesman for Gaza’s Government’s Media Office, says “starvation is on the rise” in the enclave as Israel’s total blockade on the territory nears one month, Al Jazeera reports.
“We are talking about around 20,000 aid trucks that are supposed to enter Gaza but the Israelis didn’t allow a single one to go in,” Al-Thawabta said. “Not to mention two thousand trucks of fuel and even the cooking oil.”
The spokesman said the shortages have now “caused many bakeries to shut down all across Gaza” and that this closure is taking place alongside Israeli attacks on community kitchens.
“We hold the US administration and the Israeli army responsible for malnutrition and famine in Gaza and we urge the international community to force the Israeli occupation to open the crossings, withdraw its troops and allow aid to be delivered before it is too late,” he added.
