Gaza, aid and World Food Programme
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Humanitarian organisations warn of acute levels of hunger among the 2.1 million population in Gaza after Israel eases its 11-week aid blockade.
GAZA: The famine crisis in Gaza may see slight relief, as the United Nations reported that its humanitarian organizations retrieved "about 90 truckloads of goods" in a nighttime operation in prepa
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allAfrica.com on MSNKenya: Refugees facing ‘lowest ever’ emergency food rations amid funding crisisThe UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Thursday that it has been forced to cut food aid to unprecedented lows in Kenya’s sprawling refugee camps, as a result of severe funding shortages.
More than 90 lorry loads of humanitarian aid have been collected by UN teams inside the Gaza Strip, three days after Israel eased an 11-week-long blockade.
Israeli authorities have blocked supplies – including food, medicine and fuel – from entering the Gaza Strip for more than 50 days.
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Lansing State Journal on MSNUN food agency oversees reopening of bakery in central Gaza after delivery of flourFor the first time in over a month, the Bana bakery in Gaza's central city of Deir al-Balah has opened its doors after the United Nations World Food Program was able to bring in flour to bake Arabic flatbread,
Bakeries distributing food were overwhelmed by crowds and forced to close on Thursday, and armed looters attacked an aid convoy overnight - sparking a firefight with Hamas securit
The World Food Programme’s director for Gaza said Wednesday that 78 trucks had entered the Gaza side of a border crossing of Israel but the U.N. had not been able to pick them up because of challenges related to the routing to access Gaza.
The United Nations and other organizations say more than 295 million people around the world experienced acute food shortages in 2024 -- the highest-ever number since record-taking began.