India, July 23 -- Worrying alerts from United Nations staff in the Gaza Strip who have been fainting from hunger and exhaustion have increased fears for people's survival in the devastated enclave, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.
"Doctors, nurses, journalists, humanitarians, among them UNRWA staff, are hungry.fainting due to hunger and exhaustion while performing their duties," said Juliette Touma, Director of Communications with the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA.
Speaking from Amman, she stressed that seeking food "has become as deadly as the bombardments".
The development comes as the UN human rights office, OHCHR, announced on Tuesday that more than 1,000 Palestinians have now been killed by the Israeli military while tryi...