‘Our children are dying’: UN warns of impending Gaza famine
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00:00 In northern Gaza, long queues of desperately hungry women and children lined up at a street
00:06 kitchen on Wednesday, in great need of a meal.
00:11 The international community talks about human rights.
00:14 Where are these human rights?
00:15 Our children are dying before our eyes from hunger.
00:19 Infants are born weighing one or one and a half kilos.
00:22 We're honestly going to say, "Shame on you, international community, that this is happening
00:26 to us and everyone is watching."
00:30 Up to 300,000 Palestinians are believed to remain in northern Gaza, even though Israel
00:36 ordered the evacuation of the entire region in October.
00:40 They have been left with dwindling pre-war food supplies and only trickles of aid entering
00:45 from the south via Egypt.
00:48 They have received barely any aid in weeks, causing the UN to warn of impending famine.
00:54 The World Food Program halted deliveries to the north of Gaza on February 20th after its
01:00 convoy of trucks faced gunfire and looting.
01:04 It tried to resume deliveries this week, only to have its trucks turned away by Israel.
01:10 As a last resort, countries such as the United States, France and Jordan have started airdropping
01:16 aid into Gaza, although many deliveries have been reported as falling into the sea or Israeli
01:22 territories.
01:23 Regardless, the airdrops only contain supplies for a small percentage of the population.
01:29 The UN said on Wednesday that roads are the only way to transport the large quantities
01:34 of food needed to avert famine.
01:37 It's a desperate situation.
01:39 Until we can flood, and I mean really flood the north and the 300,000 people in the north,
01:44 get some semblance of support, the desperation will always cause these convoys to be looted
01:50 or ransacked.
01:52 The UN added that it was working with Israel to reach a deal that would allow aid convoys
01:57 to use the military road to reach northern Gaza.