WFP: Almost half million people in Gaza face catastrophic levels of hunger
Gaza Strip (QNN)- The World Food Program (WFP) said on Monday that almost half a million people in Gaza face “catastrophic levels of hunger” due to Israel’s genocide war in the Gaza Strip which enters its 10th month.
The WFP called for a ceasefire in Gaza, saying “due to unreliable access and limited stocks, families often don’t receive the full [food] rations and frequency they need”.
The WFP said on X that it helped one million people in June “but that’s not enough”.
For over nine months, the Israeli occupation has imposed a tight siege on the Gaza Strip, severely limiting the flow of life-saving essential food and medical items.
As a part of a policy that amounts to collective punishment of civilians, the Israeli occupation has used starvation of the population as a weapon of war.
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One in three children in northern Gaza are acutely malnourished or suffer from wasting, according to UNICEF. Over 33 people had died of malnutrition in Gaza, including 29 children, medical sources said.
According to the latest assessment of the Famine Review Committee of the Integrated Phase Classification (IPC), released on June 25, 96% of Gaza’s population of 2.2 million people face high levels of acute food insecurity through September, while 22%, over 495,000 people, face catastrophic levels of acute food insecurity.
The IPC report indicated that 96% of the population faces extreme levels of hunger in the Gaza Strip.
