The total number of fatalities has increased in recent hours to 31,553 and 73,546 injured. In addition, one in three children under the age of two (31%) living in northern Gaza already suffer from acute malnutrition.
Next Saturday the disembarkation of the almost 200 tons of humanitarian aid transported by the ship Open Arms to the coast of the Gaza Strip.
The NGO World Central Kitchen (WCK), primarily responsible for the operation, has announced the start of distribution. “The entire cargo has been unloaded and is being prepared for shipment.” distribution on the coast of Gaza,” the organization noted.
The ship left the port of Larnaca, Cyprus, last Tuesday and arrived on the coast of the Gaza Strip on Friday during the trial voyage to try to set up a maritime humanitarian corridor called Operation Amalthea.
The NGO is already preparing one second shipment of humanitarian aid from Cyprus with 240 tons of additional food, albeit provisionally there is no date before your departure.
Germany starts rolling out aid
The German air force – the Luftwaffe – launched a first shipment of humanitarian aid over the Gaza Strip this Saturday, complementing operations to deliver food and other essential goods to the people of Gaza after six months of Israel’s military offensive.
The German Ministry of Defense has reported that the first supplies have been delivered in skydiving.
One in three children under the age of two suffers from malnutrition
One in three children under the age of two (31%) living in northern Gaza already suffer from it acute malnutritionas reported by the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, following an assessment of the humanitarian situation in the area in the month of February, which represents a “shocking increase” compared to the 15.6% recorded in the January assessment.
At least that’s what it indicates 23 children from the northern Gaza Strip have died malnutrition and dehydration in recent weeks, bringing to approximately the number of children killed during this current conflict in the Gaza Strip 13 450.
31,500 dead in Gaza
The total number of fatalities has increased to 31,553 in recent hours injured people Are 73 546 since the beginning of Israel’s attack on the Gaza Strip on October 7, the Hamas-controlled Health Ministry said, after a day of intense attacks in the central part of the enclave.
“The Israeli occupation has committed seven massacres against families in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, leaving 63 martyrs and 112 injured,” the ministry said in a statement.
Source: EITB
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