Jerusalem (UNA-WAFA) – UNICEF spokesperson Kazem Abu Khalaf announced on Sunday the closure of approximately 21 malnutrition treatment centers in Gaza, as a result of the resumption of Israeli aggression and the issuance of evacuation orders in the operating areas.
He explained, in press statements, that UNICEF is awaiting the issuance of a report by the Food Security Classification Authority in the Gaza Strip and the presentation of the results.
He pointed out that the occupation has continued to close the crossings with the Gaza Strip, preventing the entry of aid, medical supplies, nutritional supplements, and other items, for 35 days.
UNICEF stated yesterday that more than one million children in the Gaza Strip have been deprived of life-saving aid for over a month, noting that the continued blockade of aid into Gaza constitutes a violation of international humanitarian law and has dire consequences for children.
She stressed that she had thousands of aid parcels waiting to enter the Gaza Strip, and that they must be allowed in immediately. She also stressed that complementary foods for infants in Gaza had run out, and that only enough ready-made milk remained to feed 400 children for a month.
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