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Almost a third of people in Gaza not eating for days, UN food programme warns
GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE, JUL 26 – The UN and Israel blame each other for blocking aid as Gaza faces catastrophic hunger, with 470,000 people expected to suffer severe food insecurity, the World Food Programme said.
- Nearly one in three people in Gaza are "not eating for days," leading to increasing malnutrition, according to the United Nations World Food Programme officials.
- The WFP reported that 470,000 people are facing "catastrophic hunger" due to the ongoing blockade by Israel.
- At least 122 people have died from starvation in Gaza since the blockade began, including 83 children, according to Gaza's health ministry.
- UN Secretary General António Guterres described the situation in Gaza as a "moral crisis that challenges the global conscience," criticizing global inaction.
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Gaza faces unprecedented hunger: 470,000 at risk of starvation, warns UN
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Gaza: Hunger deaths rise to 122, UN food aid says a third of Gazans starving for days
Warnings of starvation in Gaza have intensified this week. Nine more people died of malnutrition on Friday, according to the territory’s Hamas-run health ministry - bringing the total such deaths since the war began to 122
In Gaza, nearly a third not eating for days, says UN; starvation deaths rise to 122
Israeli army officials said they would allow foreign countries to resume airdropping aid into Gaza “in the coming days”. However, aid agencies have criticised the move as dangerous, insufficient, and costly.
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