In response, Israel has launched a sustained offensive that has killed at least 25,490 people in Gaza, about 70 percent of whom are women and children, according to the Hamas-run territory’s health ministry.
Due to the war, there is a severe shortage of food, water, fuel and medicines in the besieged area.
In devastated Gaza City, displaced resident Umm Dahud al-Kafarna said the Israeli campaign “left us with nothing to eat or drink while bombarding us from the air, sea and tanks”.
“My nieces suffered serious injuries,” he said. “It’s sad… may they have some compassion in their hearts.”
The World Food Program warned on Tuesday that the situation in Gaza was worsening.
“More than half a million people in Gaza are facing devastating levels of food insecurity and the risk of famine is increasing every day,” said Abeer Atefa, WFP’s senior Middle East spokesperson.
Meanwhile, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in a speech to the Security Council, condemned Israeli officials’ repeated rejections of calls for the creation of a Palestinian state as “unacceptable” and said it would prolong the conflict “indefinitely”. “.