DaysofPal- The World Food Program (WFP) announced that it has been forced to suspend distribution of food parcels in north Gaza, in light of the Israeli humanitarian aid blockade.
On Thursday evening, WFP said in a statement on X, “We are no longer able to distribute food in, any form, in north Gaza.”
It explained that the supply shortage in Gaza forces WFP to suspend the distribution of food parcels during October, noting that “there is no distribution of food parcels, and flour is running out of south and central Gaza bakeries.”
Earlier this week, the WFP warned that one million people risk losing vital support if the flow of assistance does not resume.
“Aid entering the (Gaza) Strip has plummeted to its lowest level in months, forcing the WFP to stop the distribution of food parcels in October,” it said in a statement.
The WFP noted that there are around 100,000 tons of food positioned at different corridors — Jordan, Ashdod and Egypt — which is enough to feed over a million people for five months, but it added that the closure of crossing points, security issues and route disruptions at crossings are limiting aid delivery.
“With winter approaching, and having already endured one year of conflict, Gazans find themselves without adequate shelter, no fuel and very little aid,” it said.
It also pointed to the worsening situation in the occupied West Bank, expressing “deep concern” over developments, as the situation is volatile.
“Large-scale Israeli military operations, restrictions of movement and increasing settler violence are contributing to driving up hunger,” it added.
Since October 7, the Israeli occupation army has been waging, with unlimited US support, a genocidal war on Gaza, which has resulted in more than 139,000 martyrs and wounded, the majority of whom are women and children, and 10,000 missing under the rubble and in the roads, in addition to massive destruction of infrastructure.
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