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WFP condemns Israeli attack on convoy in Gaza

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday that Israeli forces opened fire on a convoy belonging to it in Gaza yesterday in what it described as "horrific". He added – in a statement – that the convoy...

Deteriorating Food Security in Gaza

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned that Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are being repeatedly displaced while facing shortages of food and water. At his daily press conference, the UN spokesman said aid workers...

WFP: Gaza’s hunger worsens; food prices rise more than 1,000%

The World Food Programme (WFP) has revealed that the hunger crisis is worsening across the Gaza Strip, confirming that the prices of basic food items have increased by more than 1,000% compared to pre-Israeli war levels on Gaza. This came...

All bakeries in central Gaza forced to close and malnutrition mounts

The World Food Programme (WFP) reported that all bakeries in the central Gaza Strip had closed due to severe supply shortages. Bread is a lifeline for many families in Gaza and is often the only food available to them. The...

Imminent famine in northern Gaza

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned that bakeries that are a lifeline for hundreds of thousands of hungry or starving Palestinians in Gaza are about to close – if not already – due...

WFP: Gaza markets are in a dire phase and prices have reached unprecedented levels

The World Food Program (WFP) said that the markets of the Gaza Strip have reached a dire situation and prices have reached record levels due to the blockade applied and the ongoing Zionist aggression since the seventh of October...

World Food Agency: There is no alternative to UNRWA in Gaza

Martin Frick, director of the World Food Programme (WFP) office in Berlin, told German media that the program could not be a substitute for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)...

UN official expresses concern about Lebanon of repeating what happened in Gaza

The Director of the World Food Programme in Lebanon, Matthew Hollingworth, voiced concerns over the possibility that the tactics used by Israel in its continued aggression against Gaza might also be employed in Lebanon. Matthew Hollingworth, in a videoconference at...

UN warns of ‘mounting challenges’ to aid distribution in Gaza

The World Food Programme (WFP) Regional Director for the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe, Corinne Fleischer, has warned of the increasing challenges facing humanitarian operations in the Gaza Strip as winter approaches and violence against humanitarian workers...

Ongoing challenges undermine relief and hunger efforts in Gaza

The intensity of the conflict in Gaza and the limited number of affected border crossings and roads are severely hampering WFP's operations as residents live in an ever-shrinking space and are repeatedly displaced under evacuation orders, WFP said.  Over the...

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Israel’s aggression assassinates 22 local radio stations in Gaza

The world celebrates World Radio Day, which falls on February 13, at a time when the Palestinian media is...