North Gaza ‘apocalyptic,’ everyone at ‘imminent risk’ of death

The situation in the northern Gaza Strip is “apocalyptic” as Israel pursues a military offensive against Hamas militants in the area, top United Nations officials warned.

“The entire Palestinian population in North Gaza is at imminent risk of dying from disease, famine and violence,” they said in a statement signed by the acting U.N. aid chief Joyce Msuya, heads of U.N. agencies, including U.N. children’s agency UNICEF and the World Food Programme, and other aid groups.

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