DaysofPal — The World Food Programme (WFP) announced that two million people in Gaza—most of them displaced and without any source of income—are now entirely dependent on humanitarian assistance.
“With food stocks dwindling and border crossings remaining closed, Gaza needs food now,” a WFP spokesperson said, warning that hundreds of thousands of residents face severe risk as supplies continue to run out.
Earlier this week, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) declared that Gaza has entered a phase of “extreme hunger,” citing Israel’s uninterrupted closure of all crossings since March 2 and the exhaustion of essential supplies across the territory.
On March 2, Israeli occupation authorities sealed Gaza’s crossings to all humanitarian, relief, and medical aid, triggering an unprecedented collapse in living conditions.
On April 18, Israeli occupation renounced a cease-fire and prisoner exchange agreement that had been in place since January 19, resuming what U.N. officials have decried as a genocidal military campaign.
Since October 7, 2023—and with full U.S. backing—the Israeli occupation offensive has left over 166,000 Palestinians dead or wounded, the vast majority women and children, and more than 11,000 missing beneath the rubble.
As Gaza’s food basket vanishes and essential services falter, U.N. agencies are urgently calling on the international community to reopen crossings and deliver immediate, large-scale aid to stave off a catastrophic humanitarian collapse.
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