The executive director of the WFP, Cindy McCain warns that the people of Gaza are facing starvation, as the amount of food coming into Gaza is “woefully inadequate”.
In a statement on Thursday, the executive director of the WFP, Cindy McCain warned that the people of Gaza are face to face with starvation as water and food are “practically non-existent”.
“With winter fast approaching, unsafe and overcrowded shelters, and the lack of clean water, civilians are facing the immediate possibility of starvation,” she said, adding that the amount of food coming into Gaza is “woefully inadequate” like bread which is now “scarce or non-existent”.
She further stressed the impossibility of being able to “meet current hunger needs with one operational border crossing”.
WFP spokesperson for the Middle East and North Africa, Abeer Etefa, highlighted at a virtual UN news conference that this is evident already, as there are “cases of dehydration and malnutrition, which is increasing rapidly and by the day”, adding: “With only 10 percent of necessity food supplies and drink in Gaza since the beginning of this conflict, we’re now facing a massive food gap”.
Upon declaring that 2.2 million Palestinians, which is the entire population of Gaza now are in dire need of food, Etefa urged to increase the number of trucks of food aid since the collapse of the food supply chain is “catastrophic,” and now “disastrous.”
Source: AlMayadeen