The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has warned that another hunger crisis will threaten the survival of two million Palestinians living in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip if Israel continues blocking the entry of humanitarian aid into the besieged territory.

“I think the more we go ahead (with aid blockages), the more we will see the impact increasing on the population. And obviously, the risk … is that we go back to the situation we experienced months ago about deepening hunger in the Gaza Strip,” Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), said during a press briefing in Geneva, Switzerland on Monday.

Lazzarini also described UNRWA’s financial situation as “critical and precarious.”

Despite global outcry, the Israeli regime has blocked humanitarian aid to Gaza for days, cut off electricity, and severely disrupted water access, leaving Gazans struggling for survival.

Separately on Monday, the humanitarian coordinator for the occupied Palestinian Territory, Muhannad Hadi, stressed in a statement that Israel must allow “unimpeded entry” of aid supplies to Gaza, arguing that “international humanitarian law is clear.” 

The “sustained supply of aid is indispensable” for the survival of more than two million Palestinians who have suffered “unimaginable conditions” in the war-torn coastal territory, he emphasized.

“The entry of lifesaving aid must resume immediately. Any further delays will further reverse any progress we have managed to achieve during the ceasefire,” Hadi added.

Israel launched the campaign of genocide in Gaza on October 7, 2023. It has killed over 48,400 Palestinians there so far.

In January, the Israeli regime was forced to agree to a ceasefire deal with Hamas given the regime’s failure to achieve any of its objectives, including the “elimination” of the Palestinian resistance movement or the release of captives.

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