UN report says nearly 577,000 people starving in Gaza
An interagency U.N. and NGO report has found that a staggering half a million people in Gaza — one quarter of the population — are starving due “woefully insufficient” quantities of food entering the territory since the outbreak of hostilities on Oct. 7.
“It is a situation where pretty much everybody in Gaza is hungry. More than 500,000 people, half a million people, are starving. That means that one in every four people is starving in Gaza as we speak,’’ said World Food Program chief economist Arif Husain.
He warned that if the war continues at the same levels and food deliveries are not restored that the population could face “a full-fledged famine within the next six months” with widespread outbreaks of disease.
The report released Thursday by 23 U.N and nongovernmental agencies found that the entire population of 2.2 million Gazans are in a food crisis or worse: 478,000 are at crisis levels, 1.17 million are at emergency levels and 576,600 are at catastrophic — that is starvation — levels.
“It doesn’t get any worse," Hasain said. “I have never seen something at the scale that is happening in Gaza. And at this speed. How quickly it has happened, in just a matter of two months.”
23 December 2023, 20:17
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No wonder, what do you expect when you see the aid trucks entering the Gaza Strip being comandeered by the Hamas terrorists for their own use instead of the food, water and medicinesthey bring being distributed to the general population. Seeing this outside parties are not so willing to send more humanitarian aid well knowing that Hamas steals most of it.
24 December 2023, 20:00
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more zionist lies!! by the way so far 2324 Israeli soldiers were killed in Gaza. when you are leaving the safety of London to join your fascist terror people??
25 December 2023, 07:53
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You are the one telling lies. Just remember that in Israel, the death or even injury of every single soldier is reported to their family, nothing is hidden, so the number you quote is simply your wishful thinking.
By the way, the only connection I have with London is when I have visited there or watched their football teams on TV.
So when exactly are you going to leave 1948, grow up and arrive at 2024?
