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SvennoJ on 23 July 2025
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WFP says hunger crisis in Gaza reaching ‘astonishing levels of desperation’

The World Food Programme (WFP) has urged for increased food aid to Gaza as the hunger crisis plaguing the enclave has reached “new and astonishing levels of desperation”.

In a post on X, the WFP wrote that in Gaza, nearly one in three people is not eating for “days”.

“90,000 women & children need urgent malnutrition treatment. Food assistance is the only solution to stop starvation in its tracks. There’s no time to lose,” the organisation added.

This morning, more than 100 aid organisations warned that “mass starvation” was spreading across the Gaza Strip due to an Israeli siege on the number of aid trucks entering the enclave.



Israeli aid system ‘inhumane, ineffective, and dangerous', says UK representative to UN | BBC News



Dame Barbara Woodward, the representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations, has described Israel’s aid system in Gaza as “inhumane, ineffective, dangerous and fuelling instability” at a UN Security Council meeting in New York.

More than 100 aid agencies, including Save the Children and Médecins Sans Frontières, have released a joint statement "sounding the alarm" over what they say is "mass starvation" across Gaza.

The UN says Israel, as the occupying power, has an obligation under international law to ensure that humanitarian aid reaches all the population in need. Israel insists it acts in accordance with international law and facilitates the entry of aid while ensuring it does not reach Hamas. It has acknowledged recently that there has been a significant drop in supplies reaching Palestinians but blamed UN agencies.

 
Ex-British diplomats, UN officials urge Starmer to recognise Palestinian state

More than 50 former British diplomats and UN officials have signed an open letter calling on UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to recognise a Palestinian state amid “an unprecedented level of threat” to Palestinians in the occupied territory.

The signatories pointed to Israel’s war on Gaza and increased violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, stressing that the “enormity of the situation” requires a strong response from the UK.

“Recognising a Palestinian state would be a foundational first step towards breaking the deadly status quo. A coordinated multilateral approach is the only credible way forward, and will be supported by many countries in Europe, the Middle East, and the wider world,” they wrote.

“By joining the 147 states that have already recognised the State of Palestine and exerting its influence as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, the UK will reaffirm the broad international consensus that Palestinian self-determination and statehood are not only non-negotiable but essential elements in practice for any viable and just peace process.”