UN warns Gaza enduring ‘starvation, pure and simple’

Palestinians, facing food shortages due to Israel’s blockade and ongoing attacks on the Gaza Strip, gather with pots and pans as a charity distributes meals in western Gaza City, Gaza on August 08, 2025. [Abdalhkem Abu Riash – Anadolu Agency]

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned Sunday that the situation in the besieged Gaza Strip “a looming hunger crisis – this is starvation, pure and simple”.

This came in a statement delivered by Ramesh Rajasingham, director of the OCHA coordination division on behalf of OCHA Secretary-General, Tom Fletcher during an emergency briefing before the UN Security Council.

“The suffering endured in Gaza over the past 22 months has been nothing short of soul-searing,” Rajasingham said, adding “Our shared humanity demands that this unacceptable catastrophe is brought to an immediate end.”

He added that Israel’s decision to reoccupy the entire Gaza Strip “marks a grave escalation in a conflict that has already inflicted unimaginable suffering”.

He emphasised that “Israel must stop arbitrarily arresting Palestinians in the West Bank and facilitate the entry of aid into Gaza”.

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