The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has warned of the risks of prolonging the nine-week blockade of the Gaza Strip, which will have a devastating impact on the humanitarian situation of countless citizens.

UNRWA clarified in a statement published on the "X" platform on Wednesday that it has thousands of trucks ready to enter, and its teams in Gaza are ready to expand the scope of aid delivery operations.

She noted that Israel has been preventing the entry of all humanitarian, medical, and commercial aid into the Gaza Strip for more than nine weeks.

For its part, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) confirmed in a statement posted on its X account yesterday that "Palestinians are dying in the Gaza Strip, which has been under a complete Israeli blockade for the third consecutive month," as part of a genocide that has been ongoing for more than a year and a half.

He said that 70% of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are either in areas where Israeli forces are present, under evacuation orders, or both.

He stressed that the United Nations and its partners are ready to intensify aid to the Gaza Strip as soon as the Israeli blockade, which has been in place since March 2, is lifted.

Describing the situation in the Gaza Strip, OCHA said: "Palestinians are dying under a complete Israeli blockade for the third consecutive month."

Recently, Prime Minister Mohammed Mustafa declared the Gaza Strip a famine zone, holding the occupying authorities fully responsible for the deliberate humanitarian catastrophe there.