Gaza - Saba:
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) confirmed on Sunday that more than a month has passed since Israel prevented the entry of commercial aid and supplies into the Gaza Strip.
UNRWA said in a statement: "We continue to assist in the Gaza Strip with the remaining supplies we have, but our stocks are running out and the situation is worsening."
The UN agency added, "The blockade on the Gaza Strip must be lifted and humanitarian aid allowed to return."
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza confirmed on Sunday that the Israeli enemy's prevention of the entry of polio vaccines into the Gaza Strip constitutes a time bomb that threatens to spread the epidemic.
The ministry explained that preventing the entry of vaccines is an indirect targeting of children in the Gaza Strip.
It indicated that 602,000 children are at risk of permanent paralysis and chronic disabilities unless the necessary vaccines are made available to them.
The Ministry stressed that preventing the entry of vaccines would mean the collapse of the efforts made over the past seven months, resulting in serious and catastrophic repercussions for the already overstretched health system, in addition to compounding the social and economic repercussions.*
The Ministry of Health called on the relevant authorities to pressure the enemy to allow the entry of vaccines and provide safe corridors to ensure access to children in various areas of the Gaza Strip.
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