A top humanitarian official has accused the Israeli military of disregarding basic humanity and the laws of war

Joyce Msuya, acting Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, said that what Israeli forces are doing in besieged Gaza during their ongoing war against Hamas cannot be allowed to continue.

“The entire population of north Gaza is at risk of dying,” she warned on Saturday, in a post on X (formerly Twitter).

An Oxfam official has also claimed that Israel is using starvation as a weapon in its genocide against the Palestinians.

Oxfam’s food security and livelihood lead in Gaza Mahmoud Alsaqqa, warned that some Palestinians are “starving to death” from hunger in northern Gaza and more people will die in the coming days

RT reports: Israel has struck hospitals in the region, detained health workers and prevented first responders from rescuing people trapped under the rubble, according to the official.

“Shelters have been emptied and burned down…families have been separated, and men and boys taken away by the truckload,” she said, adding that “such blatant disregard for basic humanity and for the laws of war must stop.”

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, echoed the warning, having voiced deep concerns over the “catastrophic” situation in Gaza. He also highlighted the severe impact of the ongoing hostilities on healthcare in the region.

“Intensive military operations unfolding around and within healthcare facilities and a critical shortage of medical supplies, compounded by severely limited access, are depriving people of life saving care,” Ghebreyesus wrote on X on Saturday.

The WHO Director-General added that Kamal Adwan Hospital in the city of Jabalia, one of the few functioning medical facilities in northern Gaza, has been severely impacted, with only a limited number of staff remaining to care for nearly 200 patients after the detention of 44 male personnel.

Earlier this week, the Health Ministry in the Palestinian enclave claimed that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) stormed the hospital, detaining hundreds of staff, patients and displaced people.

The IDF insisted it was operating in and around the facility based on “intelligence information regarding the presence of terrorists and terrorist infrastructure in the area”.