OCHA: Gaza residents are experiencing endless suffering

The head of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), Jonathan Whittall, said on Sunday that supplies are running out and aid organizations’ ability to operate is declining amid the increasing humanitarian needs in the Gaza Strip.

Whittall said in a statement: “Humanitarian agencies continue to work wherever they can to meet the needs of the population.”

He stressed that “the population in the Gaza Strip is suffocating and experiencing endless suffering as the complete closure has continued for nearly two months.”

Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), said on Saturday that children in Gaza are starving due to the deliberate starvation policy pursued by Israel, which has continued to close the Strip’s crossings and prevent the entry of food and other essentials since March 2.
He concluded by saying that this continues while “calls for the entry of supplies fall on deaf ears.”