ANKARA (AA) – Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday called on Israel to take more steps to ensure flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza. “The UN reports that no food has entered northern Gaza in nearly 2 weeks. Israel must urgently do more to facilitate the flow of aid to those in need,” Harris said […]
LONDON (AA) – Norway has strongly condemned a recent attack on humanitarian workers in Gaza, expressing deep concern over the rising dangers faced by aid personnel in the conflict-stricken region. In a statement, Norwegian Minister for International Development Anne Beathe Tvinnereim described the incident, where a clearly marked UN vehi...
SAANA, Yemen (AA) – A report issued Sunday by the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) revealed that Israeli airstrikes on Yemen’s Al-Hudaydah Port on July 20 destroyed around 800,000 liters of fuel belonging to the organization. “Close to 800,000 liters of WFP-owned fuel for its on-demand services was destroyed by airstri...
United Nations, United States — AFP The famine in a displaced persons’ camp in war-torn Sudan is a “shameful stain” on the conscience of the international community, which failed to prevent it despite multiple warnings, the United Nations has said. Last week an international committee responsible for assessing food inse...
Rome, Italy — AFP Daily life has become “apocalyptic” in southern Gaza since Israel moved into the city of Rafah, the UN’s food agency said Friday. “The exodus that we’ve seen in the past 20 days or so out of Rafah has been an awesome and horrific experience for many, many people,” Matthew Hollingworth...
ATHENS (AA) – The UN’s World Food Program (WFP) on Tuesday announced that it had halted food distribution in northern Gaza until safety conditions there improve. “The decision to pause deliveries to the north of the Gaza Strip has not been taken lightly, as we know it means the situation there will deteriorate further and […]
GAZA CITY- AFP “There are people starving . . . and everyone in Gaza is hungry,” says Samer Abdel Jaber, the WFP Palestine Country Director. “There are people starving in (Gaza) areas and we are not able to give basic food for,” says Samer, adding that the “needs are rising faster than we are able […]
ATHENS (AA) – Three major UN agencies involved in relief works in Gaza have called for faster and safer aid access to the besieged enclave via more supply routes. In a joint statement, UNICEF, the World Food Program (WFP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) said: “As the risk of famine grows, and more people […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – The UN food agency says that only a lasting peace can avert the “looming humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza. “The resumption of hostilities in Gaza will only intensify the catastrophic hunger crisis that already threatens to overwhelm the civilian population,” the World Food Program (WFP) said in a statement. It said that ...
LONDON (AA) – The head of the World Food Programme (WFP) has sounded the alarm over the disruption of supply of essential communications in Gaza. “With communications cut in Gaza, our lifesaving food assistance is at a standstill. We cannot reach staff and partners, or the people who rely on us,” Cindy McCain said on [&hellip...
