WNAM MONITORING: Authorities in the Gaza Strip on Friday said Israel has destroyed dozens of food kitchens and aid distribution centers in a continuation of its systematic starvation policy in the course of its genocidal war on the enclave.
The Gaza Media Office said the Israeli army since October 2023 has directly targeted 26 food-kitchens and 37 aid distribution centers across Gaza.
“These food-kitchens were providing meals to displaced and starving civilians,” said a statement.
It added that the attacks reaffirm “to the world that it (Israel) deliberately pursues a systematic starvation policy as a tool of war and genocide against over 2.4 million Palestinians trapped under siege in Gaza.”
Israel shut down Gaza’s border crossings to humanitarian and food supplies on March 2, exacerbating a severe humanitarian crisis in the enclave.
The statement noted that Israel has blocked the entry of 16,800 humanitarian aid trucks and 1,400 fuel trucks since early March that were supposed to enter Gaza under the ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Palestinian resistance group, Hamas.
It urged the international community, the UN and rights groups to urgently intervene and put pressure on Israel to end its “unjust siege” on Gaza.
On Wednesday, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said Israel has rejected most attempts by humanitarian organizations to deliver essential supplies into the blockaded Gaza Strip.
The Israeli army launched a surprise aerial campaign on Gaza on March 18, killing nearly 900 people, injuring nearly 2,000 others, and shattering a ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement that took hold in January.
