UNRWA: Many more will die due to “Israel” ongoing siege of the Gaza Strip

GAZA, Oct. 27 (YPA) -The United Nations warned on Friday that “many more will die” as a result of Israel’s ongoing siege of the Gaza Strip.

“As we speak people in Gaza are dying, they are not only dying from bombs and strikes, soon many more will die from the consequences of (the) siege imposed on the Gaza Strip,” said Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner general for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees.

“Basic services are crumbling, medicine is running out, food and water are running out, the streets of Gaza have started overflowing with sewage.”

During a press conference, Lazzarini affirmed 57 UNRWA staff had been killed in Gaza during the war, calling for more aid to be allowed into the territory immediately.

“The current system in place is geared to fail. What is needed is meaningful and uninterrupted aid flow. And to succeed, we need a humanitarian ceasefire to ensure this aid reaches those in need,” he said.

Limited convoys of aid — food, water, and medicine — have entered through Gaza’s Rafah crossing with Egypt, but the UNRWA chief noted that they have not included fuel, which is vital to keep critical services running.

He pointed out that many food convoys do not reach Gaza because of the measures imposed by the Zionist enemy.

“Many humanitarian convoys were told they could not enter Gaza,” he said, adding that UNRWA does not and will not divert any humanitarian aid into the wrong hands.

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