By Quds News Network
Gaza (Quds News Network)- Gaza is on the brink of total collapse. The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) said on Tuesday that 50,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women in Gaza have not eaten for days. Their children face life-threatening risks; premature birth, death, and permanent health problems.
The World Health Organization echoed the alarm. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the severe shortage of food, fuel, and medicine is killing civilians, especially children.
At the heart of the crisis is a broken aid system created by the US and Israel as a tool to use aid for military goals. British Foreign Secretary David Lammy slammed the US-Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), calling its aid delivery mechanism “completely unacceptable.”
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) also raised the alarm. It reported a sharp rise in mass casualty events at aid distribution points across Gaza. The increase has overwhelmed Gaza’s already shattered health system.
Since late May, when GHF began managing aid sites, the ICRC’s field hospital in southern Gaza alone recorded over 200 deaths and treated more than 2,200 gunshot-wounded patients, many of them from over 21 separate mass shootings.
“The scale and frequency of these incidents are unprecedented,” the ICRC said. “We treated more casualties in just weeks than we did in all mass injury incidents last year.”
Meanwhile, Israel continues to block aid. Since March 2, it has sealed Gaza’s crossings to most humanitarian trucks. Only a few dozen are allowed in daily only to be looted by Israeli-backed gangs. At least 500 trucks per day are needed to meet minimum survival needs.
Israel’s genocide, backed by the US, has devastated Gaza since October 7, 2023. The ongoing genocide includes indiscriminate bombing, mass displacement, starvation, and the targeting of aid sites.
The results are catastrophic. More than 194,000 Palestinians have been killed or wounded, most of them women and children. Over 11,000 remain missing under the rubble. Hundreds of thousands are displaced, and famine is claiming more lives daily, many of them children.
The International Court of Justice has ordered Israel to stop the genocide. But Tel Aviv continues, undeterred by global appeals or legal rulings.
9 July 2025
Source: countercurrents.org