For the first time in the Middle East, the United Nations officially recognized the famine situation in the Palestinian territory, where more than 640,000 people live in ‘catastrophic’ levels of food insecurity.
Remedy the scenario already “It will take time”, said this Friday (17) the World Food Program (WFP), which called for the opening of all crossing points into this territory to “flood it with food”. “It will take time to reduce hunger” confirmed at the end of August by in part of the Strip, PMA spokesperson Abeer Etefa told the press in Geneva.
“We currently have five operational distribution points, closer to the population (…) our objective is to implement 145, to flood Gaza with food”, added the spokeswoman for the United Nations agency.
*With information from AFP
By the end of September, more than 640,000 people will face ‘catastrophic’ levels of food insecurity, classified as IPC Phase 5, across the Gaza Strip.
