Rescuing hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza who are facing starvation should be 'very simple,' said a humanitarian leader in the enclave on Tuesday after the United Nations released the latest findings regarding Palestinians suffering from extreme hunger—but Israel's continued blockade on aid and bombardment of cities across the occupied territory has made the task impossible.
The IPC was able to determine that roughly 745,000 children and adults face acute malnutrition and an increasing risk of death from starvation, which the monitoring system classifies as 'emergency conditions of food insecurity.' 'A high risk of famine persists across the whole of the Gaza Strip as long as conflict continues and humanitarian access is restricted,' the IPC concluded.