By JULIA FRANKEL
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has blockaded all entrances to the Gaza Strip since March.
Whereas pummeling the strip with airstrikes, it has banned any meals, water, shelter or medicine from being trucked into the Palestinian territory, the place the U.N. says the overwhelming majority of the inhabitants is reliant on humanitarian assist to outlive. Israel says the blockade goals to stress Hamas to launch the hostages it nonetheless holds. Of the 59 captives remaining in Gaza, 24 are believed to nonetheless be alive.
Right here’s a take a look at the humanitarian disaster spiraling in Gaza, by key statistics and charts:
The present blockade has lasted longer than any earlier Israeli halt in assist to Gaza for the reason that Israel-Hamas battle started. Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023 and Israel froze assist to Gaza for 2 weeks. Hamas has been designated as a terrorist group by america, Canada and the European Union.
Now, Gaza is coming into its third month with out provides. Hundreds of vans queue alongside the border of the territory, ready to be let in. Group kitchens are closing down and bakeries are operating out of gas. Households spend hours ready in line for small parts of rice.
Of their desperation, Palestinians have begun scavenging warehouses and shops for something left. Help teams report an increase in looting incidents over the past week. At the very least some have been looted by armed teams.
In the meantime, Israel is shifting ahead with plans to grab all of Gaza and to remain within the Palestinian territory for an unspecified period of time. It says it can develop operations there, defying requires a right away renewal of a ceasefire from households whose family members are nonetheless held hostage in Gaza. Israeli officers say there are 59 hostages in Gaza, together with the our bodies of 35.
Israel’s offensive has displaced greater than 90% of Gaza’s inhabitants and, Palestinian well being officers say, killed greater than 52,000 individuals, a lot of them ladies and kids. Palestinian officers don’t distinguish between combatants and civilians of their depend.
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