News Center- On March 18, 2025, the Israeli army resumed its offensive on the Gaza Strip, shattering the ceasefire that came into effect on January 19.

At least 51 people were killed and dozens more injured in Israeli airstrikes on different areas of Gaza in the last 24 hours, Gaza's Health Ministry said in a statement on Sunday.

According to the statement, more than 50,000 Palestinians have been killed and 113,274 others injured in Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023. The figures show that the war has claimed the lives of 2.1 percent of Gaza's 2.3 million population until now.

‘Every day without food inches Gaza closer to an acute hunger crisis’

“It’s been three weeks since the Israeli authorities banned the entry of supplies to Gaza,” Philippe Lazzarini, the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), said in a post on social media platform X on Sunday.

“No food, no medicines, no water, no fuel. A tight siege longer than what was in place in the first phase of the war. The people of Gaza depend on imports via Israel for their survival. Every day that passes without the entry of aid means more children go to bed hungry, diseases spread and deprivation deepens. Every day without food inches Gaza closer to an acute hunger crisis.

“Banning aid is a collective punishment on Gaza: the vast majority of its population are children, women and ordinary men.”

Philippe Lazzarini called for the lift of the siege, the release of all hostages and the entry of humanitarian aid and commercial supplies to Gaza.