‘No food, no water, no heating’: famine exists in Gaza, say officials | Israel-Gaza war | The Guardian

Palestinians holding out basins and pans for a free meal in Rafah, Gaza
Palestinians in Rafah, Gaza. Access for aid agencies has been made more difficult by continued fighting. Photograph: Fatima Shbair/AP

‘No food, no water, no heating’: famine exists in Gaza, say officials

Aid workers ‘strongly suspect’ famine in northern Gaza as UN agencies issue joint plea for entry routes…

Aid officials in Gaza believe that pockets of famine already exist in the territory, with parents sacrificing remaining food for their children, an apple costing $8 (£6.30) and fuel for cooking almost impossible to find.

UN agencies have said that Gaza urgently needs more humanitarian assistance as Palestinian authorities reported that the death toll in the territory during the Israeli offensive there had risen to more than 24,000.

The World Food Programme, Unicef and the World Health Organization said in a joint statement that new entry routes needed to be opened to Gaza, more trucks needed to be allowed in each day, and aid workers and those seeking aid needed to be allowed to move around safely.

Source: ‘No food, no water, no heating’: famine exists in Gaza, say officials | Israel-Gaza war | The Guardian