Israel Hamas war: Starvation fears as food deliveries into north Gaza halted
“The situation is beyond your imagination,” said Soad Abu Hussein, a widow and mother of five children sheltering in a school in Jabaliya refugee camp.
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00:00 The United Nations Food Agency is pausing deliveries of aid to northern Gaza.
00:07 A spokesperson said the decision had not been taken lightly but that safety and security
00:13 could not be guaranteed for those delivering aid and those receiving it.
00:17 There is "complete chaos and violence due to the collapse of civil order" he said.
00:23 On Sunday, aid trucks had been met with gunfire.
00:28 The pause in food distribution comes as a UN study found that one in six children in
00:33 Gaza was acutely malnourished.
00:37 Every time a family is displaced they become more and more desperate, they lose some more
00:41 resilience.
00:42 And that's really a consideration when we are so worried about the threat of famine
00:48 across the Strip.
00:49 We know we can't reach everybody right now.
00:52 It's impossible to get into the north.
00:58 Reports that Gaza's Nasser Hospital has ceased to function following an Israeli raid.
01:03 The World Health Organization has led two life-saving missions to transfer 32 critical
01:08 patients, including two children.
01:15 You can think about the worst situation ever.
01:18 You multiply by ten and this is the worst situation I have seen in my life.
01:22 It's the debris, the light, working in the darkness, patients everywhere.
01:29 On the diplomatic front, the US has vetoed a UN resolution for an unconditional ceasefire
01:34 in Gaza.
01:35 Instead, it is proposing a temporary ceasefire with added conditions including all hostages
01:40 are released as well as facilitating aid to Gaza.
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