Gaza [Palestine], April 5: The amount of food available to people in the north of the besieged strip is less than 12 percent of the recommended daily 2,100 calorie intake needed per person, Oxfam has said in a statement.
The international organisation said it made the calculation using demographic data.
It also found that food deliveries allowed into Gaza since the war began in October amounted to an average of just 41 percent of the daily calories needed per person.
"The Israeli government has known for nearly two decades exactly how many daily calories are needed to prevent malnutrition in Gaza, calculating this according to both age and gender within its Food Consumption in the Gaza Strip - Red Line document," Oxfam said.
"Not only did it use a higher calculation of 2,279 calories per person, it also took into account domestic food production in Gaza, which the Israeli military has now virtually obliterated."
Amitabh Behar, Oxfam International executive director, said, "Israel is making deliberate choices to starve civilians. Imagine what it is like, not only to be trying to survive on 245 calories day in, day out, but also having to watch your children or elderly relatives do the same. All whilst displaced . and under the constant threat of drones and bombs."
Source: Qatar Tribune
