United Nations spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric has called for urgent, large-scale humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip, warning that the lives of millions are at risk due to severe starvation and ongoing Israeli military operations.

Speaking at the UN’s daily press briefing on Monday, Dujarric underscored the need to enable humanitarian workers to deliver sustained food aid and essential supplies across all available crossings and roads. “To avoid such deaths due to Israeli starvation, humanitarian workers must be able to deliver food on a large and sustained scale through all available crossings and roads to reach the Strip's 2.1 million people, half of whom are children,” he stressed, according to UN News.

The UN spokesperson expressed deep concern over the Israeli occupation regime’s announcement of an imminent expansion of military operations in Gaza City, saying the move could trigger another wave of mass displacement.

“Expanding operations to occupy all of Gaza City will lead to the displacement of thousands of people once again to a densely populated area in the southern Gaza Strip, which lacks even the most basic infrastructure and services, including food, water, and medical services,” Dujarric warned.

The call comes as the humanitarian situation in Gaza continues to deteriorate under the ongoing blockade, bombardment, and the collapse of basic infrastructure, leaving international organizations pressing for unhindered humanitarian corridors to prevent further catastrophe. (ILKHA)