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SvennoJ on 03 December 2024
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Some Palestinians in north Gaza have ‘completely run out of food, water’

A new report by UN agencies in Gaza has laid out the extent of the food crisis in the Palestinian enclave.

In besieged northern Gaza, it said:

  • Vulnerable people trapped in homes and shelters are reporting completely running out of food and water.
  • There are no functioning bakeries, and Israeli authorities have obstructed or impeded all attempts to deliver food.
  • There’s a strong likelihood that famine is imminent, while the number of people facing catastrophic levels of food insecurity (not having enough to eat) is expected to triple in the coming months.

In southern Gaza, it said:

  • All bakeries have shut down due to a lack of food.
  • An average of 36 humanitarian trucks per day have been allowed in, although at least 200 are needed daily.
  • Negative coping strategies are emerging, including skipping meals, child labour, early marriage and searching through rubbish for food.


Slain chef of Gaza Soup Kitchen fed thousands of Palestinians everyday

We reported on Israel’s killing of Mahmoud Almadhoun on Sunday. Almadhoun, who founded the Gaza Soup Kitchen with his brother Hani, cooked and distributed countless meals to try to combat the hunger caused by Israel’s siege on the north of the Gaza Strip.

In an interview with AJ+ six months before he died, Almadhoun described how starvation led some people to shrink “to skeletons”.

“I swear, what I wish from the bottom of my heart is to feed the entire north [of the Gaza Strip],” he said.

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At least 341 aid workers killed in Gaza since October 7 last year

The number of humanitarian workers killed in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war has reached 341, Stephane Dujarric, the spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says, citing figures from the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

“Israeli air strikes killed four humanitarian workers, three from World Central Kitchen and one from Save the Children, raising the total number of aid workers killed since October of last year to 341,” Dujarric said during a media briefing.

He added that “our humanitarian partners are also warning that local food systems have been devastated by military ground operations, the bombardment of civilian areas and the presence of unexploded ordnance”.