Mideast in Pictures: Hungry Gazans wait in long queues for meager food aid
People wait to receive food relief at Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, on Aug. 21, 2024. Water, food and fuel supplies in Gaza are critically low, while diseases like Hepatitis A continue to spread across the strip, according to the UN Human Rights Office. (Photo by Abdul Rahman Salama/Xinhua)
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- Xinhua News Agency
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August 24, 2024, 2:30 PM
GAZA -- Hundreds of thousands of Gazans continue to endure long waits each day for limited food aid. More than 10 months after the Israeli-Palestinian conflict began on October 7, 2023, food remains increasingly scarce in the Gaza Strip, leaving Palestinians heavily dependent on aid.
The World Food Programme (WFP) reports that 96 percent of Gaza's population is now experiencing acute food insecurity, with 2.15 million people facing "Crisis" levels of hunger or worse. Nearly half a million are in "Catastrophic" conditions.
The WFP also notes that ongoing hostilities, damaged roads, and a breakdown in public order are severely disrupting food transport operations, resulting in reduced rations.
