US EditionAid to Famine-Struck Gaza Still 'Drop in the Ocean': WFP
The United Nations reports 500,000 people face famine in Gaza amid inadequate aid deliveries averaging 100 trucks daily, hindered by ongoing conflict and aid obstructions.
- On Friday, the United Nations declared a famine in the Gaza Strip, blaming Israel's obstruction of aid and citing Rome-based IPC's report of 500,000 affected people.
- The nearly two-year war between Israel and Hamas drives conflict-driven hunger in the Gaza Strip, compounded by extreme weather and trade shocks, officials said Friday.
- World Food Programme warned Tuesday that aid Israel allows into Gaza, averaging around 100 trucks per day, remains far too small to meet the needs of 2.1 million people.
- Footage and local accounts show Gaza residents grabbing food off delivery trucks amid crowding, while aid agencies criticise airdrop operations as unsafe and humiliating.
- The WFP warned that "We are in a funding crunch, and the challenge here is that the needs keep going up," stressing aid remains tiny for some 2.1 million people during Carl Skau's New Delhi visit.
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Israel is only letting 15% of Gaza's aid in, new figures show
Israel has only let 2,654 out of the required 18,000 aid trucks into Gaza in the past 30 days According to Gaza Government’s Media Office, only 467 aid trucks entered the Gaza Strip, in the five days from 21-25 August, although 3,000 were expected and, only 2,654 trucks entered over the past 30 days, compared to the required 18,000 required. This means the average number of trucks going into has been 88; less than 15% of actual needs were met. B…
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Leaning Left7Leaning Right5Center7Last UpdatedBias Distribution37% Left, 37% Center
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- 37% of the sources lean Left, 37% of the sources are Center
37% Center
L 37%
C 37%
R 26%
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