"The exodus that we've seen in the past 20 days or so out of Rafah has been an awesome and horrific experience for many, many people," Matthew Hollingworth, the World Food Programme (WFP) director for the Palestinian territories. They have fled the fighting to areas where there was not enough...
Gazans break fast without ‘joy of Ramadan’ as Israel-Hamas war grinds on
With the flow of food and other assistance slowed to a trickle, a UN report citing the territory's Hamas-run health ministry said 25 people have now died from malnutrition and dehydration, most of them children.Gaza facing catastrophic situation, famine looming: WFP
A study conducted between November 24 and December 7 found that all 2.2 million people living in the Palestinian territory were in a crisis level of acute food insecurity, or worse. The situation has only deteriorated since then, said Abeer Etefa, the WFP's senior Middle East spokeswoman.
Gaza suffers critical food shortages amid conflict
Gaza faces a dire humanitarian crisis as food supplies near exhaustion and the financial sector falls into chaos amid the ongoing conflict, a WFP report points out.Sudan refugees stranded without healthcare in Chad
The new arrivals in Adre may now be safe from the gunfire, but they soon learn they are still in danger -- including from torrential rains that pummel camps already experiencing shortages of food and water, according to aid group Doctors without Borders (MSF). Since the war began, at least...
UN agency says to cut food aid to Yemen for want of funds
Yemen has been devastated by a civil war between the Saudi-backed government and Iran-backed Huthi rebels since 2014.
