The head of the World Health Organization said Monday that two million people were starving in the Gaza Strip while tonnes of food was being blocked at the border.
“Two million people are starving” while “tonnes of food is blocked at the border, just minutes away,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told opening of the World Health Assembly in Geneva, adding: “The risk of famine in Gaza is increasing with the deliberate withholding of humanitarian aid.”