The months long blockade of Gaza has pushed the besieged territory into a catastrophic deprivation of most life-sustaining basic goods and children are dying at an unprecedented rate, the United Nations warned. unprecedented rate
Amid deepening crisis, UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, asked the international community to act swiftly to prevent the mass death of children in the Gaza Strip, where conditions continue to deteriorate amid Israel’s deadly war. unprecedented rate
“Today, I want to keep the focus on Gaza, because it’s in Gaza where the suffering is most acute and where children are dying at an unprecedented rate.
“We are at a crossroads, and the choices made now will determine whether tens of thousands of children live or die,” Ted Chaiban, UNICEF’s deputy executive director, said at a briefing on his recent travel to the Middle East. unprecedented rate
Trump says there is ‘real starvation’ in Gaza, disagrees with Netanyahu
U.S. President Donald Trump this week acknowledged that people in Gaza were facing “real starvation” and sent his envoy to the area. The U.S. has also pledged to step up its aid for people of the besieged territory.
Earlier, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied that there was starvation in Gaza. He also claimed that Israel was not following a policy of starvation .
Meanwhile, more than 100 people were killed, and hundreds of others injured, along food convoy routes and near Israeli-militarized distribution hubs in the past two days alone.
As one in three people currently goes days without food, OCHA reiterated that no one should ever be forced to risk their life to get something to eat.
UN: Israeli war pauses for Gaza aid is progress but falls short of ceasefire
Chaiban, who is fresh from a visit to Gaza, noted that “the marks of deep suffering and hunger were visible on the face of families and children.”
“Gaza now faces a grave risk of famine,” he said, briefing reporters in New York about his five-day mission to the enclave, the West Bank and Israel.
“This is something that has been building up, but we now have two indicators that have exceeded the famine threshold.”
The crisis can only be addressed through unrestricted flow of aid into Gaza, with commercial supplies also allowed to enter to help address people’s needs.
Netanyahu says there “is no starvation in Gaza.”
That’s a lie.
Trump and Congress must decide: will you continue to support the starvation of children, or are you willing to use all possible U.S. leverage to stop this horrific humanitarian disaster? pic.twitter.com/zkh5kWGHUc
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) July 28, 2025
Nearly a week since the Israeli announcement to allow the scale up of aid and tactical pauses to allow safe passage of UN convoys, OCHA reported that the aid that has entered Gaza so far remains insufficient, while UN convoys continue to face impediments and danger along the routes provided by the Israeli authorities.
“Civilians must always be protected and community-level aid delivery at scale must be facilitated, not obstructed,” said OCHA.
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