Wednesday, June 26, 2024

High risk of famine amid Israel’s war on Gaza and aid restrictions

A boy walks with a jerrycan after filling it with water brought by truck in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. [Eyad Baba/AFP]

At least 495,000 Palestinians are facing ‘catastrophic food insecurity’, UN’s hunger monitoring system says.

The Gaza Strip remains at high risk of famine as Israel’s war on the enclave persists and access to aid is restricted, although the delivery of limited supplies has slowed the projected spread of extreme hunger in the north, a global monitor has said.

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