UN Warns of Critical Food Shortage in Gaza Strip

CNN Indonesia

Tuesday, 07 Nov 2023 20:30 WIB

Children and women in Gaza fight over food rations distributed by UN volunteers. Photo: AFP/MOHAMMED ABED

Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —

The UN World Food Program (WFP) warns that stocks of several important foodstuffs are in Gaza Strip getting thinner.

WFP said important stocks such as rice, vegetable oil and nuts would run out in the next one to three days.

In its report, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said retailers in Gaza were having difficulty restocking goods from wholesalers, due to the worsening situation and fuel shortages.

“Food supplies coming in from Egypt mostly include ready-to-eat foods (canned tuna and date bars), and are mainly distributed to refugees and families in southern Gaza, and only flour is supplied to bakeries,” said the OCHA statement, quoted from Middle East Monitor.

The UN agency also said that currently there are no bakeries operating in Gaza City and northern Gaza, because food distribution has almost completely stopped over the last few days due to increasing escalation by Israel.

“Access to basic food has become an increasing challenge in Gaza,” OCHA reported.

Human Rights Monitor Euro-Med accused Israel in recent hours of escalating what it described as a “war of hunger”, against civilians in the Gaza Strip.

Meanwhile, Palestinian Health Minister Mai Alkaila also said that Israel was still targeting many important places in Gaza, including hospitals, places of worship and shelter centers inside schools.

It has been a month since Israel’s aggression against Palestine began on October 7, and the death toll in Gaza has reached 10 thousand people. Of this figure, half of them are children and women.

(dna/bac)

2023-11-07 13:30:00
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