UN report says more than 570,000 people in Gaza are now ‘starving’ due to fallout from war

According to the World Food Programme, 93% of Gazans are now “in a situation of acute food insecurity.” On Friday, a UN Security Council resolution called for the “large-scale” delivery of humanitarian aid to the enclave.

Unicef also raises concerns about the health of more than 155,000 pregnant Palestinian and breastfeeding women, and about the situation of more than 135,000 children under the age of two.

War pushing Gaza to famine, UN warns

The latest draft seen by AFP calls for “urgent steps to immediately allow safe and unhindered humanitarian access, and also for creating the conditions for a sustainable cessation of hostilities.”

No water, no food, no electricity, no antibiotics: After eleven weeks of almost complete lockdown in Gaza, children, injured people, elderly people will soon die in droves — regardless of whether the bombings continue or not.

A Gaza, les habitants plus que jamais au bord de la famine

Après plus de deux mois de guerre, l’ONU a mis en garde contre un risque de famine dans l’enclave palestinienne, cible, ce vendredi 22 décembre, de nouvelles frappes israéliennes meurtrières, en attendant un vote au Conseil de sécurité pour y accroître l’aide.

U.N. Warns One-Quarter of Gazans Are Starving Amid Israeli Assault and Siege

Palestinian officials report 390 people have been killed and more than 700 injured in Israeli strikes on Gaza over the past two days. In one of the latest attacks, an Israeli aid raid killed four people, including Bassem Ghaben, the director of the Israeli-controlled Karem Abu Salem border crossing, who’d been working to bring desperately needed aid into Gaza. This comes as the United Nations reports more than a half a million Palestinians are s…