UNRWA: Malnutrition cases escalate in Gaza amid shortages of medical supplies

GAZA, July 13 (YPA) – The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) confirmed that its teams would continue to provide humanitarian services in the Gaza Strip, despite a severe shortage of essential medical supplies.

In a statement on its official website, the agency said on Sunday that its clinics inside the Gaza Strip witnessed a significant increase in the number of malnutrition cases, particularly among children and the most vulnerable groups, since the beginning of the tightened Israeli blockade on Gaza last March.

The UNRWA noted that restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid, including food and medicine, were exacerbating the health and living conditions of the population.

The statement called on the international community to take urgent action to ensure the delivery of vital supplies and end the worsening suffering.

The agency warned that the continuation of this situation portends an imminent humanitarian disaster, given the near-total collapse of the health infrastructure and rising rates of poverty and malnutrition, mostly among children and women.

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