https://wsj.com/world/middle-east/hunger-spreads-in-gaza-as-figh…
Residents of the Gaza Strip are facing starvation for the first time in recent history, according to United Nations agencies, as aid deliveries fall short of soaring needs in the enclave, where the food-supply system has collapsed.
The overwhelming majority of Gaza’s 2.2 million people don’t have enough food, with residents often skipping meals and sometimes going several days without any, according to the World Food Program, a U.N. agency. The U.N. said it is assessing whether Gaza already meets the formal definition of famine, meaning two out of every 10,000 inhabitants die from hunger a day and around one in three children is acutely malnourished.
Local food production, which before the war accounted for around 10% of Gaza’s needs, has been severely affected by the conflict, largely due to a shortage of water, energy and animal feed, said Maximo Torero, chief economist at the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization.
“Gaza historically had significant problems, but the war is taking the situation to an extreme,” he said.
Currently 85% of Gaza’s population, or 1.9 million people, have been displaced from their homes. Most of them are in southern Gaza, where infectious diseases have started spreading in overcrowded homes and shelters.
@9HN9Q4RPeace and Freedom5mos5MO
I think we need to free Palestine from whats going on in the middle east, we also need to free Congo, Lebanon, Syria
@9HN2NDC5mos5MO
The lack of care for human lives is ridiculous. In my opinion life is the most valuable thing and we are putting more than a million people in such a bleak situation because of the actions of one group within them.
@9HN8NKK5mos5MO
We need to stand for Palestine and help the children of Gaza
@9HN4JK6Republican5mos5MO
It suck that the civilians are getting caught in between the two fighting and having them not being helped for the struggles they are facing.
@9HN7F4N5mos5MO
shows the suffering people in gaza are facing but it isnt being told on the news because the news wants the public to view them as the "bad guys"
@9HN7D685mos5MO
Human decency goes a long way, every human's basic needs should be taken care of instead of ignored. Human needs should be top priority over any political/ military conflicts.
@9HN2S5H5mos5MO
They need to be feed, they need more resources
@9HNFKSYPeace and Freedom5mos5MO
Its a very sad and unimaginably hard situation to be in because not only is half of their population starving they're also being hit by airstrikes. Deprivation of food and water means that they are malnourished and lack the health to effectively defend themselves.
The state of Israel is committing a genocide.
@9HNCNJD5mos5MO
Residents of Gaza are facing everything. Hamas should not be associated with the suffering of ordinary citizens in Gaza, supporting Palestine is not Zionist, and the United States should stop politicizing other countries’ disputes and simply provide help to who needs help. A genocide is not our political debate.
@9HN7QSS5mos5MO
People are starving and dying so they need some help and allowing the humanitarian to let in.
@9HN7QCGLibertarian5mos5MO
People need basic thing to survive
@9HN9MPF5mos5MO
I think there needs to be a ceasefire
@9HN7LWS5mos5MO
I believe that the lives of human beings are more important than republicans
@9HN8QP25mos5MO
israel is bums, western media bums also.
@9HN7S545mos5MO
Many people in Gaza are suffering and dying. It is sad to see what a world we all live in.
@9HN2MTN5mos5MO
I think that the Congree needs to get it together and think of a solution.
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