130,000 kids in Gaza ‘cut off’

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Palestinian children queue for donated food in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, November 22, 2024

Fifty days of siege in northern Gaza sees young children deprived of food and medicine

AN ESTIMATED 130,000 children under 10 have been trapped for 50 days without access to food or medical aid in northern Gaza, a charity warned today.

According to Save the Children, the area is almost entirely inaccessible to aid workers, cutting Palestinians off from supplies despite warnings of famine.

Those in northern Gaza have been cut off from food, water and medical aid since October 6, when Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) declared the area a closed military zone.

Israel ignored pleas from the UN to halt its “blatant disregard for basic humanity” later that month.

The UN warned that the whole of North Gaza governorate was at risk of dying, but the IDF has repeatedly denied or impeded attempts by aid groups to access the area.

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