Shafaqna English– Gaza has become a land of desperation after 50 days of Israel’s blockade, Commissioner General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, said.
“It has been 50 days of siege on Gaza imposed by the Israeli authorities,” Lazzarini wrote on his X social media page. “Hunger [in the enclave] is spreading and deepening, deliberate and manmade. Gaza has become a land of desperation,” he added.
UNRWA’s Commissioner General said that humanitarian aid “is being used as a bargaining chip and a weapon of war.” Two million Palestinians, mostly women and children, have been deprived of medical care and treatment in Gaza, and nearly 3,000 UNRWA trucks carrying lifesaving aid are ready to deliver relief supplies to the enclave, Lazzarini pointed out.