Over 2 million Palestinians face death from hunger, thirst due to Israeli war: Hamas

GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian group Hamas says that the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip face the risk of death from hunger because of Israeli genocidal war on Gaza.

“Over 2 million Palestinians in Gaza face the risk of death from hunger and thirst due to the Israeli occupation’s denial of aid delivery and restrictions on access to medicine, food and water,” Hamas said in a statement.

The group said that children in Gaza are dying of hunger, and families are on the verge of famine amid a lack of basic essentials for survival.

According to a previous statement by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), 30 humanitarian aid trucks at most enter Gaza per day, a trickle that is very far from meeting the needs of the people there. Before October 2023, hundreds crossed the border every day to feed the enclave’s over 2 million people.

Since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza in October 2023, numerous international and UN groups have called on Israel to facilitate humanitarian aid entry into Gaza in order to avoid a famine.

Israel’s war on Gaza has killed nearly 44,400 Palestinians since October last year.

A report published in the British medical journal the Lancet in July said that the death toll may be as high as 186,000.

Last week, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its deadly war on Gaza.