Some UN Food Program officials warn that “civilians will face the immediate possibility of starvation” in the short term.
He UN World Food Program (WFP) warned Thursday that food and water supplies “it is practically non-existent” in the Gaza Strip. And to that, they added that the inhabitants of the Palestinian territory are “confronted with a risk imminent famine”.
The head of the WFP in Rome, Cindy McCainexplained in a statement that with the imminent approach of winter, unsafe and overcrowded shelters, and a lack of drinking water, civilians “will face the possibility “immediate death of hunger”.
“Bread, a fundamental food for the population of Gaza, is scarce or non-existent” The headline highlights the WFP, which since the beginning of the war between Israel and Hamas “multiply the warnings on the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, governed by the Islamist movement.
Food, an “increasingly scarce” good in Gaza
“There is no way to satisfy current needs with a single operational border crossing,” adds McCain, referring to the Rafah crossing, bordering Egypt, which until now is the only land access point to Loop which is not on the border with Israel, where a limited help.
McCain points out that “fuel shortages are also paralyzing distribution and humanitarian operations, including the delivery of food assistance.”
Despite the opening of the Rafah crossing on October 21, the volume of food entering the territory “remains totally insufficient”Given the “they only cover 7% of the minimum daily caloric needs of the population,” he emphasizes.
The war broke out when Hamas commandos killed on October 7 in the south of Israel to “1,200 people and kidnapping another 240 civilians”, according to the balance sheet of the Israeli authorities.
The retaliation campaign launched since then by the Jewish State against the Gaza Strip left more than 11,500 dead4,700 of them children, according to reports published by the Hamas government.
Source: Ambito
