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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) — Health authorities in Gaza said five people died of malnutrition and starvation in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 227, U.N. Secretary-General's spokesman Stephane Dujarric said at a daily briefing on Tuesday.
He said 103 children had died of malnutrition in Gaza since October 2023, and the World Food Programme warned that hunger and malnutrition in Gaza had reached their highest levels since the conflict began that month.
Against this backdrop, humanitarian supplies to Gaza remain well below the minimum levels required to meet the needs of the population, he said, adding that “humanitarian deliveries continue to face significant delays and other obstacles that prevent the UN from delivering the assistance it needs.”
On Monday, the UN asked Israeli authorities to coordinate 16 missions, including collecting food, medicine and fuel, but only four were carried out and three were rejected. Another four were hampered but eventually completed, Dujarric said.
Of the remaining five missions, two were cancelled by the relevant organisations, two more were hampered and could not be completed, and one was hampered but work on it continues, he said.
The spokesman added that “efforts to coordinate humanitarian shipments are often delayed for hours due to unpredictable approvals from Israeli authorities, resulting in a loss of precious time.” –0–
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