GAZA (Dispatches) – About 130,000 children aged under 10 have been trapped for 50 days in areas in Northern Gaza that are almost entirely inaccessible to aid workers and not receiving food or medical supplies despite warnings of famine, said Save the Children on Monday.
Save the Children noted that the children have been cut off from supplies of food, water and medicine since October 6, when Zionist troops launched a siege on Northern Gaza.
“The situation in Northern Gaza is not fit for human survival and yet we know there are about 130,000 children under 10 trapped in those conditions, not to mention the thousands of older children and their families,” said Jeremy Stoner, the charity’s regional director.
“Humanitarian aid to Gaza has hit an all-time low with the appalling situation in Northern Gaza the tip of a terrible iceberg. Safe humanitarian access must be granted immediately to allow food, water, winter supplies and medical assistance to reach those who are trapped in the death zone in the North,” he said.
Stoner called for global intervention to reach those trapped in the North.
“Without access and a ceasefire, we are condemning children to perish in hell on earth,” he said.
The Zionist regime military launched a new onslaught on North Gaza in early October, described by rights groups and experts as part of a plan to ethnically cleanse the area of Palestinians. It began after a controversial proposal named the “Generals’ Plan” was presented to the Israeli regime, which would see areas North of the Netzarim Corridor, which cuts Gaza in two, emptied of its residents so Israel could establish a “closed military zone”.
According to the plan, anyone who chooses to stay would be considered a Hamas operative and could be killed. The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, estimates that about 400,000 people remain in Gaza’s North, including Gaza City.
The besieged areas have remained under a debilitating blockade and media blackout since the attack was launched, with Zionist troops have exacerbated starvation and malnutrition as part of the plan to ethnically cleanse Palestinians.