Gaza famine

NGOs calls for declaring Gaza “famine-stricken zone”

Wednesday-29-May-2024

Palestinian civil society organizations and trade unions have sent an immediate appeal to the UN and the Palestinian Authority (PA) to declare the Gaza Strip a famine-stricken zone and take the necessary measures to protect its population as the Israeli genocidal war has entered its eighth month.

UN suspends Rafah aid distribution, warns of failure of US-built pier

Wednesday-22-May-2024

The UN has suspended food distribution in the southern Gaza area of Rafah due to the lack of supplies and insecurity.

OCHA: Nothing left to distribute in Gaza

Saturday-18-May-2024

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned that “there is almost nothing left to distribute in Gaza” due to the Israeli army’s closure of border crossings.

Famine in Gaza

Sunday-12-May-2024

WFP: Half of the Gazans suffer from hunger following 200 days of war

Wednesday-24-April-2024

As the world marks 200 days since the start of Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, the UN World Food Program (WFP) said on Tuesday that half of the Gaza population is suffering from hunger.

Bakeries reopening in Gaza and aid arrival show signs of life, but famine threat persists

Saturday-20-April-2024

After months of deprivation and systematic starvation imposed by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in the Gaza Strip, especially in its northern areas, some aspects of life are returning to the streets of the devastated area after the reopening of 3 bakeries.

HRW: Israel uses starvation as a weapon against Gaza children

Tuesday-9-April-2024

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned that “children in Gaza have been dying from starvation-related complications since the Israeli government began using starvation as a weapon of war,” calling such an Israeli practice a “war crime.”

FAO warns of rapidly deteriorating food security in Gaza

Sunday-7-April-2024

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) issued a warning on Saturday that the rapid deterioration of the food security situation in the Gaza Strip has reached a critical stage, with indications of an imminent famine in the north.

UN calls for sending aid to Gaza overland

Thursday-28-March-2024

The UN has stressed the importance of delivering enough aid to the Gaza Strip overland to save human lives, warning that obstacles to aid entry persists and time is running out.

IOA bars UNRWA chief from entering Gaza

Tuesday-19-March-2024

The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) prevented UNRWA commissioner-general Philippe Lazzarini from visiting the Gaza Strip, which is currently facing a humanitarian catastrophe due to the ongoing Israeli aggression and blockade.