Famine in Gaza is deeper, aid airdrops insufficient: GMO

The Israeli government, the US administration, and the international community are to blame for the food crisis in the war-torn coastal enclave, according to the authority Media Office (GMO) in Gaza, which has issued a warning that the hunger in the Gaza Strip is worsening and that relief airdrops are ineffective.  

In a statement released on Sunday, GMO stated that "2,400,000 people suffer from severe food shortages, and the famine is deepening further in northern Gaza and Gaza City."  

GMO confirmed that over 700,000 people experience severe hunger, and that 15 children have died from malnourishment, dehydration, and hunger.  

"Some nations have proposed using a small number of planes to airdrop aid, but everyone is aware that this is not the most effective approach to help the people in the Gaza Strip,” GMO said. 

“Some countries carried out aid airdrops in good faith, but other countries like the United States are acting in bad faith because they have actually participated in the war, supplied the Israel with weapons and given it the green light to commit more massacres,” GMO added. 

“Dropping aid from aircraft and turning a blind eye to the importance of providing aid through land crossings come in the context of circumventing the radical solutions to the problem by pursuing showy, propaganda and useless methods,” GMO underlined. 

GMO affirmed that the aid airdrop operations have serious consequences for the civilians and constitute a major challenge for them as part of the aid parcels falls into the sea, or near or inside areas controlled by the Israeli army.