“Every day, or even every hour that we lose, is another life that will be lost,” warned Jonathan Fowler, director of communications for that UN agency for Palestinian refugees, in an interview with the British BBC.

Fowler explained that UNRWA has an extensive aid distribution network that can reverse the famine, but accused Israeli authorities of preventing it from bringing supplies to the coastal enclave, home to more than two million Palestinians.

The humanitarian situation there remains catastrophic, said Fowler, who welcomed the ceasefire recently agreed between the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and Israel.

He emphasized that the priority at this stage is to prevent the worsening of food shortages and the spread of diseases, as well as support rebuilding the lives of citizens.

UNRWA affirmed on its X profile on Thursday that “people across the Gaza Strip are suffering from widespread hunger and malnutrition: a man-made crisis.”

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