Farhan Haq, deputy spokesman for the UN secretary-general, said the World Food Programme (WFP) reports that critical aid lifelines into northern Gaza have been cut off. "No food aid has entered since Oct. 1," Haq said at a daily briefing, adding that the main crossings into northern Gaza...
The UN World Food Programme has called for immediate action to avert famine in Gaza, warning that the crisis there could soon worsen amid what it said were severe restrictions on aid flows. Mr Lacroix, the UN under-secretary-general for peace operations, said up t...
UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- The World Food Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organization said on Thursday the latest findings of the Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) report make clear that the risk of famine persists across the whole Gaza Strip. "Given the recent surge in ...
“The risk of famine persists with all 2.1 million residents still in urgent need of food and livelihood assistance as humanitarian access remains restricted,” the U.N. officials said. “Healthcare has been decimated. More than 500 attacks on healthcare have been recorded in Gaza.” Aust...
Guterres also warned that Gazans are running out of food. He cited the World Food Programme as saying that there is "a serious risk of starvation and famine." The top UN official also warned that "Gaza's health system is collapsing while needs are escalating." ...
World Food Program said Sunday the program has “paused” its distribution of humanitarian aid from an American-built pier off Gaza, saying she was “concerned about the safety of our people” after what had been one of the deadliest days of the war there. Saturday saw both an Israeli ...
Archbishop Tutu received countless honours for his activism and advocacy, including the Global Champion Against Hunger award presented by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) in November 2012. A month later, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) announced he was the recipient...
According to the World Food Programme, widespread famine looms. More than half a million people, a quarter of the population, are facing what experts classify as catastrophic levels of hunger. Four out of five of the hungriest people anywhere in the world are in Gaza. And clean water is ...
When asked about a claim by the senior Israeli defense ministry official with responsibilities for Gaza, Moshe Tetro, that “there is no food shortage in Gaza,” Regev said there were trucks of food that Israel had authorized during the past few days. He added that the trucks were still wai...
Israeli government spokesperson David Mencer said on Wednesday that some of these agencies will include the World Food Programme (WFP), UN children’s agency (UNICEF) and UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS), which already operate in Gaza. All three agencies have worked closely with UNRWA, wi...