GAZA - The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) warned Friday that it has run out of food supplies in Gaza as Israel’s blockade on humanitarian aid stretches into its eighth week. The UN says the territory is facing its worst humanitarian crisis since the war began 18 months ago, ...
with community kitchens expected to shut down in the coming days.
The UN's World Food Programme on Friday warned it has depleted all its food stocks in war-ravaged Gaza, where the entry of humanitarian aid has been blocked by Israel since March 2. "Today, WFP delivered its last remaining food stocks to hot meals kitchens in the Gaza Strip. These kitchens are expected to fully run out of food in the coming days", WFP, one of the main providers of food assistance in Gaza, said in a statement.
After 18 months of war, the UN's humanitarian agency OCHA on Tuesday said the situation in Gaza "is probably the worst" now. Israel blocked the entry of all aid into the Palestinian territory of around 2.4 million people days before it resumed its aerial and ground offensive after the collapse of a two-month ceasefire with Hamas. (france24)
