US EditionGaza ‘hungriest place on Earth’, all its people at risk of famine, UN warns
- Israeli air strikes in Gaza City killed seven police officers attempting to control looting amid ongoing conflict and blockade in mid-2025.
- The violence and aid shortages followed Israel’s continued military offensive and a full blockade imposed after Hamas’ October 7, 2023 attacks.
- Aid distribution remains chaotic and limited, with thousands overwhelming sites like the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation center in Rafah, causing injuries and unequal food access.
- UN spokesperson Jens Laerke called Gaza the “hungriest place on Earth,” warning that 100 percent of its 2.1 million residents face famine risk amidst the most obstructed aid mission in recent history.
- The UN and humanitarian organizations are calling on Israel to lift the blockade, permit impartial aid deliveries, and help avert what they consider one of the most avoidable humanitarian crises currently facing the world.
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“The Hungryest Place on Earth.” This Friday the UN described Gaza to denounce that 100% of the Gazan population is at risk of famine. At a press conference in Geneva, Jens Laerke, the spokesman for OCHA (the United Nations humanitarian agency) detailed the difficulties the entity faces in delivering humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. “The prepared operation is being put into an operational force shirt that makes it one of the most obstructed ai…
Vijay Prashad: Meanwhile, 100s of Millions of People Die of Hunger
Maksud Mirmuhamedov, Tajikistan, Hearth, 2020. (Via Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research) By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research I have written this article before. In fact, I could write it every year when a new Global Report on Food Crises is published. The report rests on four points: The number of people who are hungry is greater now…
18,000 children lost their lives in Gaza, which is the most hungry in the world, so the statistics written by people behind offices in New York or Geneva, where talking about human rights is inhuman, and...
The United Nations said that in Gaza, “the price of a single kilogram of flour now ranges between 60 and 100 shekels (about 15-26 euros), a high cost for most families who have lost their sources of income,” and that a loaf of bread costs about 6 shekels (1.51 euros). [This post contains video, click to play] In a statement, the UN explained: “Residents of the Gaza Strip are grappling with a growing bread crisis, as food aid supplies are falling…
UN: Gaza Now the Hungriest Place on Earth
Gaza has become the “hungriest place on Earth”, warns the United Nations. The entire population is now at risk of famine, as Israel continues to block aid, starve civilians, and displace families under its military campaign. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) called the situation in Gaza the worst humanitarian crisis in recent memory. Aid Operation Blocked On Friday, UN spokesperson Jens Laerke said the aid mission…
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