Cindy McCain, U.N. World Food Programme Executive Director, on Gaza Aid

World Food Programme chief warns 500,000 Gazans on brink of famine, urges scaled-up aid

Cindy McCain criticizes Israeli authorities for allowing only limited aid entry, saying 'This is a drop in the bucket as to what's needed' - Anadolu Ajansı

Aid trucks going into Gaza are a "drop in the bucket as to what's needed," WFP director says

Israel blocked the import of all food, medicine and fuel into Gaza for 2 ½ months before allowing a small number of aid trucks to enter in the last few days.

Cindy McCain, U.N. World Food Programme Executive Director, on Gaza aid

(CBS, KYMA/KECY) - Cindy McCain, Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme, spoke with Margaret Brennan on Face the Nation Sunday, saying more aid needs to get into Gaza. "Right now, we have 500,000 people inside of Gaza that are extremely food insecure, and could be on the verge of famine if we don't help bring them back from that," McCain says. "We need to get in, and we need to get in at scale, not just a few dribble of th…

World Food Programme Director calls food situation in Gaza ‘a catastrophe’

The executive director of the U.N. World Food Programme is urging that more aid be allowed into Gaza as Israel continues its renewed offensive on the territory. “Right now, we have 500,000 people inside of Gaza that are extremely food insecure, and could be on the verge of famine if we don’t help bring them back from that,” Cindy McCain told CBS’ Margaret Brennan on Sunday on “Face the Nation.” “We need to get in, and we need to get in at scale,…

Cindy McCain stated on Face the Nation (May 2025) that the looting of aid in Gaza was not linked to Hamas, but to the famine and desperation of the people, contradicting Israeli accusations. She said: "This has nothing to do with Hamas, it is simply linked to the fact that people are dying of hunger." The blockade of Gaza is imposed by Israel, which controls land, air and sea entry points since March 2025, aimed at forcing Hamas to release hosta…

While the great international leaders are fighting to share the traditional banquet offered at their annual conferences, thousands are from people in the world who have been left behind by the pria luck, without a nicho foot or p o. The hunger in the Gaza Strip appears tremendously in the media or, by m still insufficient to generate as the front of the small power that reigns the current international order. Read more (05/25/2025)