GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinians in the ravaged Shejaiya neighborhood in eastern Gaza City face immense difficulties trying to survive amid a lack of basic services, food shortages, a water crisis and infrastructure destruction as the Israeli onslaught enters its 10th month. Abu Mohammad Hajila, 44, sits on the rubble of a destro...
Geneva, Switzerland — AFP The availability of food in the Gaza Strip has very slightly improved, though the risk of famine in the besieged territory remains, the World Health Organization has said. “The food situation has a little bit improved. There’s a bit more food,” Rik Peeperkorn, the WHO representative in the Pale...
ROME (AA) – The World Food Program must have “security guarantees” to bring food supplies into Gaza to prevent the famine that threatens more than 2 million people in the enclave, its executive director has said. “The WFP has food supplies at the border and will be able to scale up to feed 2.2 million […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Israel’s brutal war is pushing Gaza into famine and a staggering 90% of the people there are on the brink of starvation, UK-based anti-poverty organization Oxfam has warned. “While over 90% of people in Gaza cannot find their next meal, some UN Security Council member states are still toying with words rather [&hell...
GAZA, Palestine (AA) – With limited aid reaching Gaza, Palestinians who have survived Israeli bombings now face the prospect of hunger and thirst. At least 18,787 Palestinians have been killed and over 50,594 others injured in the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 7, the Health Ministry in Gaza has said. – [&h...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The UN World Food Program (WFP) has warned of the possibility of a famine in the Gaza Strip, stressing that supplies are woefully insufficient to address the hunger levels observed by WFP staff in UN shelters. “It is highly likely that the population of Gaza, especially women and children, are at high […]
