United Nations: The level of hunger in Gaza has increased 12-fold due to Israeli attacks

United Nations spokesman Stephane Dujarric said that the level of hunger in the Palestinian Gaza Strip has increased 12-fold due to Israeli attacks.

Dujarric explained in a press statement on Wednesday that children, pregnant and breastfeeding women are exposed to serious danger due to the lack of food, health care services and insufficient clean water in Gaza.

Dujarric pointed out that the situation in Gaza would be much worse if the necessary curative and preventive services were not provided.

He stated that humanitarian relief workers provide assistance to children under 5 years old and pregnant and breastfeeding women.

Representatives of 13 European countries, including the United Kingdom and the European Union, called on Israel to stop the demolition and confiscation of Palestinian homes and property, in accordance with its obligations as an occupying authority, as well as to stop the policy of building and expanding settlements.

The missions of 13 countries and the European Union in Jerusalem urged Israel to stop building and expanding settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories.

This came in a joint statement on Wednesday by representatives of 13 countries and the European Union in Jerusalem, including the Consulate General of the United Kingdom.

The statement explained that the representatives of Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the European Union call on Israel to stop the demolition and confiscation of Palestinian homes and property, in accordance with its obligations as an occupying authority, under international humanitarian law.

It also called on those countries to stop "the policy of building and expanding settlements, allocating lands for exclusive Israeli use, and depriving the Palestinians of development."

She stressed that failure to do so (stopping settlements) seriously undermines the two-state solution and constitutes a major obstacle to peace and security.

Last Thursday, US President Joe Biden signed an “unprecedented” executive order aimed at imposing sanctions against Israeli settlers who attack Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, which has recently witnessed an escalation in violence, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office described the executive order as “unnecessary.” ", considering that the settlers are "law-abiding citizens."

Following the White House announcement of the executive order, the US Treasury Department announced the imposition of sanctions on 4 Israeli settlers pursuant to the executive order.

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Thursday, in a statement issued by the White House, that President Joe Biden signed an executive order regarding “actions that undermine peace, security, and stability in the West Bank.”