Food crisis body declares 1st-ever famine in Gaza
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For now the famine is centred in the governorate of Gaza, one of five in the strip. It is the most densely populated and home to Gaza city. By the end of September, famine is expected to spread south to the governorates of Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis (see maps).
The world's leading authority on food crises says the Gaza Strip’s largest city is gripped by famine, and that it is likely to spread without an immediate ceasefire and an end to restrictions on humanitarian aid.
By Dawoud Abu Alkas, Olivia Le Poidevin and Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA CITY/GENEVA/CAIRO (Reuters) -The hunger crisis in Gaza is at a tipping point, with critically low supplies of fortified milk and special nutritious pastes exacerbating food shortages and pushing greater numbers of children into starvation,
ABC News' Marcus Moore reports on one Palestinian man's desperate and dangerous journey for food to feed his family as the humanitarian crisis worsens.
U.N. agencies are calling for urgent response after the world's leading authority on food crises said famine is happening in Gaza City, and could spread south to Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis by the end of next month.
Within scope of Türkiye-Palestine Humanitarian Aid Operation, 16 shipments have been carried out from Mersin Port to Egypt’s El Arish Port under AFAD’s coordination since Oct. 7, 2023
Madrid rejected the claims as “false information,” adding that without a batch number the origin of the supplies could not be confirmed.The post Moldy food, claims of pork in Gaza
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A ship with hundreds of tons of food aid for Gaza nears an Israeli port after leaving Cyprus
LIMASSOL, Cyprus (AP) — After setting off from Cyprus, a ship loaded with 1,200 tons of food supplies for the Gaza Strip was approaching the Israeli port of Ashdod on Tuesday in a renewed effort to alleviate the worsening crisis as famine threatens the Palestinian territory.