Gaza's Looming Famine: A Desperate Struggle for Survival
TL;DR
Cindy McCain, executive director of the World Food Programme, warns that Gaza is on the brink of famine, with about half the population facing catastrophic hunger and starvation. The WFP has food for 1.1 million people for three months amassed on the border and emphasizes the importance of border crossings to deliver aid. The situation in Gaza continues to grow more dire, with reports of Israel withdrawing some troops from southern Gaza raising questions about aid delivery.
- Cindy McCain says Gaza on ‘the edge’ of going ‘over the cliff with famine and not being able to recover’ The Hill
- We Israelis Are All Complicit in the Starvation of Civilians in Gaza - Opinion Haaretz
- Gaza’s hunger and famine could hurt children for a lifetime The Washington Post
- ‘All we think about is how to stay alive’: the horror of daily life for those trapped in Gaza The Guardian
- Gaza is starving. This is what it’s like to be dying of hunger. MSNBC
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