Famine imminent in north Gaza, 'unprecedented' crisis: UN Report
9 months ago

Famine imminent in north Gaza, 'unprecedented' crisis: UN Report

Hindustan Times  

Half of Gazans are experiencing "catastrophic" hunger, with famine projected to hit the territory's north by May without urgent intervention, a UN-backed food security assessment said Monday. Palestinians gather to receive aid outside an UNRWA warehouse as Gaza residents face crisis levels of hunger, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, "To have 50 percent of an entire population in catastrophic, near famine levels, is unprecedented," Beth Bechdol, the deputy director-general of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization, told AFP. It amounts to around 1.1 million people experiencing "catastrophic food insecurity" due to the Israel-Hamas war, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification partnership said in its report. Famine will occur under "the most likely scenario", based on assumptions that the conflict will escalate -- including a ground offensive in Rafah -- and hostilities continue to impede humanitarian aid delivery, the IPC report said.

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Humanitarian aid to northern Gaza mostly blocked for the last 2 months, UN says
1 week, 6 days ago

Humanitarian aid to northern Gaza mostly blocked for the last 2 months, UN says

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Humanitarian aid to n orth Gaza, where Israel launched a ground offensive on Oct. 6, has largely been blocked for the past 66 days, the United Nations said Tuesday. In the north, Israel has continued its siege on Beit Lahiya, Beit Hanoun and Jabaliya with Palestinians living there largely denied aid, the U.N. Office for the Coordination …

I am starving in Gaza and I don’t believe the world can’t do anything
3 weeks, 3 days ago

I am starving in Gaza and I don’t believe the world can’t do anything

Al Jazeera  

Israel tried to starve Gaza before and the international community reacted. The Israeli army decreased the number of trucks it was allowing to enter to just 30-40 per day and food – which was already expensive and unaffordable for most – started to disappear. The number began to rise after 2010 when an international coalition of human rights activists and …

Many In Gaza Eat Just Once A Day, As Israel's Aid Blockade Worsens Hunger Crisis
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Many In Gaza Eat Just Once A Day, As Israel's Aid Blockade Worsens Hunger Crisis

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Yasmin Eid coughs and covers her face, cooking a small pot of lentils over a fire fed with twigs and scrap paper in the tent she shares with her husband and four young daughters in the Gaza Strip. On Thursday, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin …

Many in Gaza eating just once a day, as hunger spreads amid aid issues
1 month ago

Many in Gaza eating just once a day, as hunger spreads amid aid issues

Deccan Chronicle  

Deir al-Balah : Yasmin Eid coughs and covers her face, cooking a small pot of lentils over a fire fed with twigs and scrap paper in the tent she shares with her husband and four young daughters in the Gaza Strip. After being displaced five times, the Eids reside in central Gaza, where aid groups have relatively more access than …

Many in Gaza are eating just once a day, as hunger spreads amid aid issues
1 month ago

Many in Gaza are eating just once a day, as hunger spreads amid aid issues

Associated Press  

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Yasmin Eid coughs and covers her face, cooking a small pot of lentils over a fire fed with twigs and scrap paper in the tent she shares with her husband and four young daughters in the Gaza Strip. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print After being displaced five …

Many in Gaza are eating just once a day, as hunger spreads amid aid issues
1 month ago

Many in Gaza are eating just once a day, as hunger spreads amid aid issues

LA Times  

Girls in the Eid family eat lentils cooked by their mother, Yasmin, at their tent in a refugee camp in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, this week. Asked about such plans Wednesday, government spokesman David Mercer said, “Israel is looking at many creative solutions to ensure a better future for Gaza.” Yoav Gallant, the former defense minister who was seen …

Israel's siege of northern Gaza raises questions about potential plans to starve and conquer territory
1 month ago

Israel's siege of northern Gaza raises questions about potential plans to starve and conquer territory

ABC  

Israel's war in Gaza has stretched into its second year, and its recent campaign in the north of the territory has led many to question its real motives. Giora Eiland said under his plan, those left in northern Gaza "have to decide either to surrender or to die of starvation". The Kamal Adwan hospital is struggling to remain operating after …

Aid delivery attempts in besieged northern Gaza denied or impeded more than 40 days: UN
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1 month ago

Aid delivery attempts in besieged northern Gaza denied or impeded more than 40 days: UN

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-11-20 09:26 Palestinians are seen at a school-turned shelter which was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City on Nov 16, 2024. UNITED NATIONS - UN humanitarians said on Tuesday attempts for more than 40 days have been denied or impeded to aid people struggling to stay alive while under siege in northern Gaza areas. The …

Aid delivery attempts in besieged northern Gaza denied or impeded more than 40 days: UN
Top News
1 month ago

Aid delivery attempts in besieged northern Gaza denied or impeded more than 40 days: UN

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-11-20 09:26 Palestinians are seen at a school-turned shelter which was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City on Nov 16, 2024. UNITED NATIONS - UN humanitarians said on Tuesday attempts for more than 40 days have been denied or impeded to aid people struggling to stay alive while under siege in northern Gaza areas. The …

Aid delivery attempts in besieged northern Gaza denied or impeded more than 40 days: UN
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1 month ago

Aid delivery attempts in besieged northern Gaza denied or impeded more than 40 days: UN

China Daily  

Palestinians are seen at a school-turned shelter which was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City on Nov 16, 2024. UNITED NATIONS - UN humanitarians said on Tuesday attempts for more than 40 days have been denied or impeded to aid people struggling to stay alive while under siege in northern Gaza areas. The humanitarians said that as mass …

Aid delivery attempts in besieged northern Gaza denied or impeded more than 40 days: UN
1 month ago

Aid delivery attempts in besieged northern Gaza denied or impeded more than 40 days: UN

China Daily  

Palestinians are seen at a school-turned shelter which was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City on Nov 16, 2024. UNITED NATIONS - UN humanitarians said on Tuesday attempts for more than 40 days have been denied or impeded to aid people struggling to stay alive while under siege in northern Gaza areas. The humanitarians said that as mass …

UN Security Council calls for urgent aid to address Gaza’s worsening crisis
1 month ago

UN Security Council calls for urgent aid to address Gaza’s worsening crisis

Firstpost  

President Joe Biden’s administration concluded this month that Israel was not currently impeding assistance to Gaza and therefore not violating U.S. law, even as Washington acknowledged the humanitarian situation remained dire in the Palestinian enclave. This assessment comes on the heels of a warning issued by the U.S. in an October 13 letter, which outlined 15 steps Israel needed to …

Large food convoy violently looted in Gaza, UNRWA says
1 month ago

Large food convoy violently looted in Gaza, UNRWA says

Al Jazeera  

At least 98 vehicles from a 109-truck convoy were lost Saturday in one of the worst such incidents, the UN agency says. A convoy of 109 trucks was violently looted on Saturday after entering Gaza, resulting in the loss of 98 trucks, an official from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees has said. The looting is …

Israel’s war conduct in Gaza ‘consistent with the characteristics of genocide,’ UN Special Committee finds
1 month, 1 week ago

Israel’s war conduct in Gaza ‘consistent with the characteristics of genocide,’ UN Special Committee finds

CNN  

CNN — Israel’s war conduct in Gaza “is consistent with the characteristics of genocide,” including mass civilian casualties and using starvation as a weapon, according to a new United Nations Special Committee report released Thursday. “Through its siege over Gaza, obstruction of humanitarian aid, alongside targeted attacks and killing of civilians and aid workers, despite repeated UN appeals, binding orders …

Israel’s war conduct in Gaza ‘consistent with the characteristics of genocide,’ UN Special Committee finds
1 month, 1 week ago

Israel’s war conduct in Gaza ‘consistent with the characteristics of genocide,’ UN Special Committee finds

CNN  

CNN — Israel’s war conduct in Gaza “is consistent with the characteristics of genocide,” including mass civilian casualties and using starvation as a weapon, according to a new United Nations Special Committee report released Thursday. “Through its siege over Gaza, obstruction of humanitarian aid, alongside targeted attacks and killing of civilians and aid workers, despite repeated UN appeals, binding orders …

Israel’s warfare methods in Gaza ‘consistent with genocide’: UN committee
1 month, 1 week ago

Israel’s warfare methods in Gaza ‘consistent with genocide’: UN committee

Al Jazeera  

Report says Israel ‘using starvation as a method of war and inflicting collective punishment on the Palestinian population’. Gaza aid supply goes from ‘bad to worse’ after Israel misses US deadline Israel’s warfare in the Gaza Strip is consistent with the characteristics of genocide, a United Nations committee has said, accusing the country of “using starvation as a method of …

Israel fails to meet US deadline to increase Gaza aid, rights groups say
1 month, 1 week ago

Israel fails to meet US deadline to increase Gaza aid, rights groups say

Al Jazeera  

Humanitarian situation in Gaza ‘at worst point since the war began’, extracting ‘enormous cost’ for Palestinian civilians, they say. International rights groups say Israel has failed to meet a deadline set by the United States to allow more humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip or face unspecified restrictions on military assistance. “Israel not only failed to meet the US criteria …

Despite 30-day Gaza aid ultimatum, US says support for Israel will proceed
1 month, 1 week ago

Despite 30-day Gaza aid ultimatum, US says support for Israel will proceed

Al Jazeera  

US law prohibits military assistance to allies blocking humanitarian aid, but Washington says no assessment on Israel. The organisations – which include the Norwegian Refugee Council, Oxfam, Refugees International and Save the Children – accused Israel of taking “actions that dramatically worsened the situation on the ground, particularly in northern Gaza”. The Blinken-Austin warning had pressed Israel to ease the …

Famine looms in northern Gaza Strip amid a war killing mostly women and children, UN says
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Famine looms in northern Gaza Strip amid a war killing mostly women and children, UN says

ABC  

Back-to-back UN reports have found famine is looming in the northern Gaza Strip as Israel continues an offensive which has killed mostly women and children in the locality. The UN's Famine Review Committee warned on Saturday of "an imminent and substantial likelihood of famine occurring, due to the rapidly deteriorating situation in the Gaza Strip". The body's last projection, made …

Israeli rejects ’biased’ warning of famine in Gaza
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Israeli rejects ’biased’ warning of famine in Gaza

Live Mint  

By Emily Rose JERUSALEM -Israel rejected on Saturday a group of global food security experts' warning of famine in parts of northern Gaza where it is waging war against Palestinian militant group Hamas. Asked about the FRC alert, a U.S. State Department spokesperson said on Saturday that Washington was "concerned about the limited amount of aid reaching civilians living in …

Famine Is Likely Imminent In Northern Gaza, Hunger Experts Warn
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Famine Is Likely Imminent In Northern Gaza, Hunger Experts Warn

Huff Post  

Palestinians gather to receive bags of flour distributed by UNRWA, the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees, in Deir al Balah, central Gaza Strip, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. Abdel Kareem Hana via AP UNITED NATIONS — There is a strong likelihood that famine is imminent in parts of northern Gaza, where Israeli forces are conducting a major offensive, hunger experts warned …

UN warns of imminent famine in Northern Gaza
1 month, 2 weeks ago

UN warns of imminent famine in Northern Gaza

Deccan Chronicle  

There is a strong likelihood that famine is imminent in parts of northern Gaza, where Israeli forces are conducting a major offensive, hunger experts warned on Friday. The Famine Review Committee warned that “famine thresholds may have already been crossed or else will be in the near future.” The committee’s four independent experts are part of the Integrated Food Security …

‘Strong likelihood’ of imminent famine in north Gaza: Food security experts
1 month, 2 weeks ago

‘Strong likelihood’ of imminent famine in north Gaza: Food security experts

Al Jazeera  

Famine thresholds ‘may have already been crossed or else will be in the near future’, Famine Review Committee warns. There is a “strong likelihood that famine is imminent in areas” of northern Gaza, according to a committee of global food security experts, as Israeli forces press on with a major offensive in the area. ‘The unacceptable is confirmed’ The committee …

Hungry Palestinians in north Gaza search for food, sealed off from aid for a month by Israeli siege
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Hungry Palestinians in north Gaza search for food, sealed off from aid for a month by Israeli siege

LA Times  

With virtually no food allowed into the northernmost part of Gaza for the last month, tens of thousands of Palestinians under Israeli siege are rationing their last lentils and flour to survive. “We are being starved to force us to leave our homes,” said Mohammed Arqouq, whose family of eight is determined to stay in the north, weathering Israel’s siege. …

Famine is likely imminent in northern Gaza, hunger experts say
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Famine is likely imminent in northern Gaza, hunger experts say

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — There is a strong likelihood that famine is imminent in parts of northern Gaza, where Israeli forces are conducting a major offensive, hunger experts warned Friday. The Famine Review Committee warned that “famine thresholds may have already been crossed or else will be in the near future.” The committee’s four independent experts are part of the Integrated …

North Gaza looks like Stalingrad, aid officials warn as UN says nearly all aid can’t get in
1 month, 2 weeks ago

North Gaza looks like Stalingrad, aid officials warn as UN says nearly all aid can’t get in

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy North Gaza looks like “Stalingrad” …

Famine Looms in Vulnerable Regions as Conflict and Climate Shocks Aggravate Food Insecurity
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Famine Looms in Vulnerable Regions as Conflict and Climate Shocks Aggravate Food Insecurity

Associated Press  

Severe food crises threaten hundreds of thousands of people in vulnerable areas worldwide. The report warns that conflicts, economic instability, and climate shocks are driving alarming levels of acute food insecurity, with immediate, scaled-up intervention needed to prevent further deterioration in these already vulnerable regions.

Opinion: Israel is weaponizing hunger against Palestinians. Here’s how the U.S. can stop it
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Opinion: Israel is weaponizing hunger against Palestinians. Here’s how the U.S. can stop it

LA Times  

As the U.N.’s leading independent expert on the right to food, I have watched with growing horror over the past 12 months as Israel has weaponized hunger against approximately 2.3 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. In a report submitted to the U.N. General Assembly last month, I documented how Israel has used hunger as a tool of war in …

India's Humanitarian Aid to Palestine: A Much-Needed Gesture
2 months ago

India's Humanitarian Aid to Palestine: A Much-Needed Gesture

Live Mint  

India sends humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people through UNRWA. The first tranche of assistance comprising 30 tons of medicine and food items has departed today. The consignment includes a wide range of essential medicines and surgical supplies, dental products, general medical items and high-energy biscuits.

Food Sovereignty in Gaza Under Threat as Israel's Military Operations Disrupt Agriculture
2 months ago

Food Sovereignty in Gaza Under Threat as Israel's Military Operations Disrupt Agriculture

China Daily  

Palestinians are calling for accountability and the revival of their agricultural sector amid the ongoing Israeli military operations in Gaza. Food sovereignty in the region is threatened due to the attacks, which have caused widespread damage and starvation tactics. The agricultural sector was largely self-sufficient in producing various plant species, but it has been severely disrupted by the Israeli occupation. …

Hunger experts say the risk of famine in Gaza remains high
2 months ago

Hunger experts say the risk of famine in Gaza remains high

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In a statement announcing a …

Israel threatens to starve out northern Gaza, U.N. aid agencies say
2 months, 1 week ago

Israel threatens to starve out northern Gaza, U.N. aid agencies say

NPR  

Israel threatens to starve out northern Gaza, U.N. aid agencies say toggle caption Mahmoud Issa/IMAGO via Reuters TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel has blocked nearly all food aid from entering northern Gaza for the past two weeks, leaving some 400,000 Palestinians there with no good option, United Nations aid agencies say: Stay and starve, or follow orders to flee to …

Israel bombards north Gaza; U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon are hit again
2 months, 1 week ago

Israel bombards north Gaza; U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon are hit again

LA Times  

Residents of a building damaged in an Israeli airstrike return to collect their family’s belongings in Beirut on Saturday. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said an Israeli airstrike hit an apartment building in the Zarout coastal area on the edge of Barja south of Beirut, and the Health Ministry said four people were killed. Israel’s military said that Hezbollah fired …

Israel Blocking Over 80% Of Food Assistance Into A Starving Gaza, Aid Groups Say
3 months ago

Israel Blocking Over 80% Of Food Assistance Into A Starving Gaza, Aid Groups Say

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Israel is blocking more than 80% of food deliveries from entering a starving Gaza, according to data compiled by more than a dozen humanitarian groups warning of the dire consequences of the military’s almost year-long siege on the Palestinian territory. Alongside Israel’s nonstop bombing that has flattened entire neighborhoods and shredded Palestinian bodies, the ongoing obstruction of …

World Food Programme halts movement in Gaza after repeated gunfire strikes aid vehicle
3 months, 3 weeks ago

World Food Programme halts movement in Gaza after repeated gunfire strikes aid vehicle

CNN  

CNN — The World Food Programme is freezing employee movement in Gaza after one of its vehicles was targeted with repeated gunfire just meters from an Israeli checkpoint, according to a statement by the humanitarian agency. The World Food Programme is the UN’s main food relief agency, and a key pillar of the humanitarian aid network in besieged Gaza, distributing …

Famine conditions in Sudan’s North Darfur are likely to continue through October, IPC warns
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Famine conditions in Sudan’s North Darfur are likely to continue through October, IPC warns

Associated Press  

CAIRO — Famine conditions have spread in Sudan in the North Darfur region and are likely to continue through October due to the ongoing conflict that has torn the country for over 15 months, a global authority on food security warned Thursday. Famine conditions have prevailed as of June and July in Zamam camp, 12 km south of Al Fasher …

Famine threat looms over Gaza, UN warns
5 months, 1 week ago

Famine threat looms over Gaza, UN warns

China Daily  

A boy sits on debris at a school sheltering displaced people after an Israeli bombardment in Nuseirat in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday. EYAD BABA/AFP A group of independent experts and special rapporteurs of the United Nations have said famine was now gripping the Gaza Strip as children die from malnutrition amid Israel's alleged starvation campaign as bombings of schools …

Has famine arrived in Gaza? UN experts say it has
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Has famine arrived in Gaza? UN experts say it has

Al Jazeera  

A group of independent UN experts warn famine has spread throughout Gaza after more than nine months of war. “Israel’s intentional and targeted starvation campaign against the Palestinian people is a form of genocidal violence and has resulted in famine across all of Gaza,” 10 independent UN experts, including the special rapporteur on the right to food and the special …

Famine has spread throughout Gaza, say UN experts
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Famine has spread throughout Gaza, say UN experts

CNN  

CNN — The recent deaths of more Palestinian children due to hunger and malnutrition in the Gaza Strip indicates that famine has spread across the entire enclave, according to a United Nations statement, citing independent experts. An estimated 495,000 people in Gaza – or 22% of the population – are “experiencing an extreme lack of food,” according to an Integrated …

UN experts say Israel carrying out ‘targeted starvation campaign’ in Gaza
5 months, 2 weeks ago

UN experts say Israel carrying out ‘targeted starvation campaign’ in Gaza

Al Jazeera  

Report says famine has spread throughout the enclave after nine months of war. United Nations human rights experts have accused Israel of carrying out a “targeted starvation campaign” that has resulted in the deaths of children in Gaza. “Israel’s intentional and targeted starvation campaign against the Palestinian people is a form of genocidal violence and has resulted in famine across …

Over half of Sudanese face 'acute food insecurity': U.N.-backed report
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Over half of Sudanese face 'acute food insecurity': U.N.-backed report

The Hindu  

More than half of Sudan's population is facing high levels of "acute food insecurity", a situation exacerbated by the country's devastating war, said a report cited by the United Nations on June 27. "Fourteen months into the conflict, Sudan is facing the worst levels of acute food insecurity" that the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, has recorded, the …

Over 750,000 people in Sudan at risk of starvation: Global hunger monitor
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Over 750,000 people in Sudan at risk of starvation: Global hunger monitor

Al Jazeera  

United Nations’ hunger monitoring system says there’s a risk of famine in 14 areas of Sudan if the conflict escalates. There is a risk of famine in 14 areas across Sudan if the conflict between military factions escalates, a global hunger monitor has said, noting that it faces “the worst levels of acute food insecurity” ever recorded in the country. …

Gunfire, lawlessness and gang-like looters are preventing aid distribution in Gaza, an official says
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Gunfire, lawlessness and gang-like looters are preventing aid distribution in Gaza, an official says

Associated Press  

LARNACA, Cyprus — Thousands of tons of food, medicines and other aid piled up on a beach in war-torn Gaza is not reaching those in need because of a dire security situation and lawlessness on the ground, a U.S. aid official said Wednesday. Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi warned on Wednesday during a visit to Athens that 96% of Gaza …

High risk of famine across Gaza as hunger spreads, experts say
5 months, 4 weeks ago

High risk of famine across Gaza as hunger spreads, experts say

NPR  

High risk of famine across Gaza as hunger spreads, experts say toggle caption Ashraf Amra/Anadolu via Getty Images Nearly all of Gaza’s population is struggling with food shortages and hunger, and half a million people are now facing starvation, a new report by independent experts says. Sponsor Message The I.P.C.report says more than 340,000 Palestinians in Gaza are experiencing the …

Experts say Gaza is at ‘high risk’ of famine despite increased aid to the north
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Experts say Gaza is at ‘high risk’ of famine despite increased aid to the north

Associated Press  

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — An influx of aid appears to have eased a hunger crisis in northern Gaza for now, but the entire territory remains at “high risk” of famine after Israel’s offensive in Rafah caused displacement and the disruption of aid operations in the south, a draft report said Monday. The report by the leading international authority on …

Experts say Gaza is at 'high risk' of famine despite increased aid to the north
6 months ago

Experts say Gaza is at 'high risk' of famine despite increased aid to the north

New Indian Express  

Israel invaded Gaza after Hamas' attack on Oct. 7, in which Palestinian militants killed around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducted about 250. The latest findings come from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, an initiative first set up in 2004 during the famine in Somalia that now includes more than a dozen U.N. agencies, aid groups, governments …

Nine out of 10 children in Gaza lack food for growth: UNICEF
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Nine out of 10 children in Gaza lack food for growth: UNICEF

Al Jazeera  

New report examines child food poverty worldwide, with particular focus on ‘catastrophic impact’ of Israel’s onslaught on Gaza. About 90 percent of children in Gaza lack nutrition and face “severe” threats to their “survival, growth and development”, according to the United Nations children’s agency, UNICEF. A report, published by UNICEF on Thursday, laid bare the “catastrophic impact” of Israel’s offensive …

UN agencies say over 1 million in Gaza could experience highest level of starvation by mid-July
6 months, 2 weeks ago

UN agencies say over 1 million in Gaza could experience highest level of starvation by mid-July

Associated Press  

CAIRO — United Nations agencies warned Wednesday that over 1 million Palestinians in Gaza could experience the highest level of starvation by the middle of next month if hostilities continue. Egypt has refused to open its Rafah crossing with Gaza since Israeli forces seized the Gaza side of it nearly a month ago, instead diverting aid to Israel’s Kerem Shalom …

Famine ‘likely’ already stalking northern Gaza, new report warns
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Famine ‘likely’ already stalking northern Gaza, new report warns

Al Jazeera  

The first technical assessment by an international organisation says the hostilities impede data collection to prove famine is under way in northern Gaza, preventing a formal declaration of it. UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said on Tuesday that delivering aid into Gaza “has become almost impossible”. We need to prioritize humanitarian aid,” he wrote on X. Hanan Balkhy, the World …

Famine is possibly underway in northern Gaza despite recent aid efforts, a new report warns
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Famine is possibly underway in northern Gaza despite recent aid efforts, a new report warns

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM, Israel — An independent group of experts warned Tuesday that it’s possible that famine is underway in northern Gaza but that the war between Israel and Hamas and restrictions on humanitarian access have impeded the data collection to prove it. Concerns about deadly hunger have been high in recent months and spiked after the head of the World Food …

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