{"id":4579,"date":"2025-05-05T06:37:36","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T06:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/?p=4579"},"modified":"2025-05-05T06:37:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T06:37:36","slug":"gazas-children-on-the-brink-unicef-warns-of-starvation-disease-amid-ongoing-aid-blockade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/?p=4579","title":{"rendered":"Gaza\u2019s Children on the Brink: UNICEF Warns of Starvation, Disease Amid Ongoing Aid Blockade.\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><h1><strong>Gaza\u2019s Children on the Brink: UNICEF Warns of Starvation, Disease Amid Ongoing Aid Blockade.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>New York:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>UNICEF has issued a dire warning about the worsening humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, where children have endured two months of relentless bombardment, deprivation, and displacement. As essential goods and services dwindle, the agency says the situation is rapidly deteriorating and could soon become catastrophic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor two months, children in the Gaza Strip have faced relentless bombardments while being deprived of essential goods, services and lifesaving care,\u201d the statement reads. \u201cWith each passing day of the aid blockade, they face the growing risk of starvation, illness and death \u2013 nothing can justify this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Families are trapped and unable to flee. Farmland has been destroyed, fishing restricted, and food production severely disrupted. Bakeries are closing, clean water is scarce, and market shelves lie empty. Humanitarian aid remains the only lifeline for many\u2014but that too is running out.<\/p>\n<p>More than 75% of households now report inadequate access to water, with many forced to ration between drinking, cooking, and hygiene. Vaccines are nearly depleted, and disease is spreading rapidly\u2014particularly acute watery diarrhoea, which now accounts for one in four recorded illnesses, mainly affecting children under five.<\/p>\n<p>Malnutrition is also rising sharply. Since the start of the year, over 9,000 children have been treated for acute malnutrition, with hundreds more unable to access care due to ongoing violence and displacement.<\/p>\n<p>UNICEF emphasized that international humanitarian law obliges all parties to ensure humane conditions, including access to food, water, and medical care. The agency called for the immediate lifting of the aid blockade, unrestricted entry of commercial goods, protection of all children, and the safe release of hostages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUNICEF remains in Gaza, doing what we can to support and protect children,\u201d the statement concludes. \u201cBut the aid blockade and more than 18 months of war are pushing Gaza\u2019s children to the brink.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The agency urged the global community to act now, warning that continued inaction could result in irreversible harm to an entire generation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gaza\u2019s Children on the Brink: UNICEF Warns of Starvation, Disease Amid Ongoing Aid Blockade.\u00a0 &nbsp; New York: &nbsp; UNICEF has issued a dire warning about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" data-url=https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/?p=4579><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[1499],"class_list":["post-4579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news","category-world-news","tag-gazacrisis-savegazachildren-lifttheblockade-unicefemergency-childreninconflict-humanitarianaccessnow"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.9.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gaza\u2019s Children on the Brink: UNICEF Warns of Starvation, Disease Amid Ongoing Aid Blockade.\u00a0 - The Eagle News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/?p=4579\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gaza\u2019s Children on the Brink: UNICEF Warns of Starvation, Disease Amid Ongoing Aid Blockade.\u00a0 - The Eagle News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gaza\u2019s Children on the Brink: UNICEF Warns of Starvation, Disease Amid Ongoing Aid Blockade.\u00a0 &nbsp; 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