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Northern Gaza Famine Alert Issued Amid Israel's Continued Siege
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Several sources, including the IPC Famine Review Committee and the World Health Organisation, have warned of imminent famine in northern Gaza. The committee and the WHO's director-general attribute the potential famine to a severe shortage of humanitarian aid, including food and medicine, due to Israel's military offensive in the area. The warning comes days before a US deadline for Israel to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
The unacceptable is confirmed: Famine is likely happening or imminent in north Gaza.
Immediate steps MUST BE TAKEN to allow safe, rapid & unimpeded flow of humanitarian & commercial supplies to prevent an all-out catastrophe. NOW.
The daily average number of trucks entering Gaza in late October was about 58 per day.
We were getting about 200 a day in September and August, so that's really a big, big decline.
If no effective action is taken by stakeholders with influence, the scale of this looming catastrophe is likely to dwarf anything we have seen so far in the Gaza Strip since 7 October 2023.
Famine thresholds may have already been crossed or else will be in the near future.
Immediate action, within days not weeks, is required from all actors who are directly taking part in the conflict, or have influence on its conduct, to avert and alleviate this catastrophic situation.
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sources
perspectives
- 1.US Foreign Policy
- 2.US under Donald Trump
- 3.Israel-Palestine Conflict
- 4.British Foreign Policy
- 5.Israel Foreign Policy
- 6.Islamic Terrorism
- 7.Israel under Benjamin Netanyahu
- 8.Israel-US Relations
- 9.2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel
- 10.Qatar Foreign Policy
countries
organizations
- 1.UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
- 2.UN World Food Program
- 3.Hamas
- 4.World Health Organization
- 5.Pious Projects
- 6.Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories
- 7.Integrated Food Security Phase Classification Initiative
- 8.Israel Defense Forces
- 9.United Nations Famine Review Committee
- 10.UN Security Council
persons
- 1.Ahmad Abu Sakhil
- 2.António Guterres
- 3.Cindy McCain
- 4.Danny Danon
- 5.Hind Khoudary
- 6.Jean-Martin Bauer
- 7.Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
- 8.Zahra Abu Sakhil