Miller said Israel has helped the delivery of 254,000 tons of relief supplies into Gaza since the start of the war, including 165,000 tons of food. He blamed Hamas for diverting aid and the U.N. for failing to...
A child waits to receive cooked food at a refugee camp in northern Gaza Strip, Feb. 27, 2024. The permanent observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, on Tuesday told the Security Council that Gaza is currently experiencing a famine, which worsens daily due to...
He said some humanitarian convoys have gotten through to the broader northern area including Gaza City, where the U.N. estimates some 300,000 people are located. In the south, Skau said, WFP assisted around 1.2 million people in June, July, August and into September. In October and November...
Skau cited progress over the past month in getting clearances to deliver aid across conflict lines and the border from Chad. And with roads drying up at the end of the rainy season, WFP is able to deliver “much more food.” Sudanplunged into conflict in mid-Apr...
GAZA, April 2 (Xinhua) -- On the rubble-strewn streets of Gaza City, Woroud Abdul Hadi walked past shuttered storefronts. The familiar scent of freshly baked bread-once a daily comfort-had vanished. In its place hung the acrid sting of dust and despair. ...
The ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza is unprecedented in terms of the share of the population experiencing acute food insecurity and famine and the speed of the onset of the crisis. Research can help understand and anticipate the long-term impacts of the conflict on people and livelihoods, ...
Gaza. But some senior Israeli politicians have called for exactly that and security officials have admitted that withholding supplies is “a lever of pressure on Hamas to release Israeli hostages”. Israel has also cut off the water pipeline to northern Gaza to force the population to move south...
GAZA — The United Nations warned the latest Israel-Palestine conflict was pushing Gaza toward famine, ahead of an expected Security Council vote on Friday on a resolution to boost aid to the Palestinian territory, but not call for a cease-fire. ...
"If nothing changes, a famine is imminent in northern Gaza," WFP's deputy executive director Carl Skau told the UN Security Council, while his colleague from the UN humanitarian office OCHA, Ramesh Rajasingham, warned of "almost inevitable" widespread starvation. ...
GAZA — The United Nations warned the latest Israel-Palestine conflict was pushing Gaza toward famine, ahead of an expected Security Council vote on Friday on a resolution to boost aid to the Palestinian territory, but not call for a cease-fire. ...