Al-Mavasi was one of the target areas by the latest Israeli strike, who killed more than 50 people in Gaza on Saturday.
Al-Mavasi is a very large withdrawal area with barely any human facilities. Many people who ran away from Rafah and Khan Younis in the south have also been squeezed into the Al-Mavasi camp.
In the report citing UNICEF, Gaza’s hospitals are struggling to treat newborns and young children.
“Humanitarian aid should be allowed to enter Gaza again,” it said in a post on X, saying that the ceasefire in Gaza should be restored. “The existence of children depends on this.”
“Since the Israeli war started again on March 18, there have been frequent attacks on tents in the camp. UNRWA schools and other shelters are also being targeted.
The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has warned about the deteriorating humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, stating that nearly two million people – most of whom are displaced – are currently living without any source of income, and are completely dependent on humanitarian aids to meet their basic food needs, the Palestinian news agency is a report.
In a series of statements released in the last few hours, WFP raised alarm on the increasing threat to the population of hundreds of thousands of Gaza. The program expressed serious concern over a sharp decline in food shares, warning that the region is on the verge of a possible human havoc.
The WFP emphasized that this important situation is complicated by the ongoing closure of the Israeli border, which is preventing the distribution of important food supply to the adjacent enclaves. According to the agency, Gaza requires a uninterrupted and constant flow of food to avoid complete collapse of food security in the region.
