Gaza's Popular's Committee to Face the Siege, confirmed, on Friday, the deterioration of the humanitarian, economic and health situation in the Gaza Strip due to the continuous Israeli siege for the fourteenth year in a row, stressing that the Corona pandemic further deteriorated the situation.

Jamal Al-Khudari, the Chairman of the Popular's Committee Against the Siege, stated, in a press statement that arrived SAFA, that the blockade and Corona threaten food security of about 80% of families in Gaza.

He pointed to the high rates of poverty and unemployment to above dangerous levels, "where more than 80% live below the poverty line, and the unemployment rate among the youth has risen to 70%, which is a high percentage considering that the Palestinian society is a young society."

He indicated that the economic collapse is represented by a decline in the production rate in factories to 20%, pointing to the deterioration of the economic situation of day laborers and owners of shops and workshops, who were greatly affected by measures to overcome Corona.

He reiterated that what more than two million people of Gaza live in is a collective punishment imposed by the occupation and constitutes a war crime.

He said, "The current stage does not tolerate further waiting, given the disastrous reality that Gaza is experiencing, and practical steps are required that lead to lifting the siege and saving the humanitarian situation."

Al-Khudari stressed that the blockade and Corona pandemic on Gaza is a dangerous matter, which requires urgent action from the international community to save the dangerous humanitarian conditions, not only monitoring the situation, following up on the deteriorating conditions or issuing reports.