Israeli block on aid raises health fears for Gaza’s undernourished population

Agencies say health situation is a catastrophe' and recent aid deliveries were a fraction of what is needed

Briefing the Israeli press after Benjamin's Netanyahu's order to turn off the aid supply to Gaza, government officials claimed that the Palestinian territory had several months' worth of food stockpiled from earlier deliveries. However, the announcement led to an immediate jump in prices of basic necessities in Gaza, with residents saying they had doubled.

Aid agencies say the population of Gaza remains highly vulnerable and that the blockade of humanitarian supplies to a civilian population is unacceptable in any circumstances.