Gaza Strip: UN Agencies Forced to Cut Food Deliveries
Memebers of WFP in Gaza, July 2024 Photo: @UN
July 18, 2024 Hour: 6:09 pm
The UN estimates that nine out of 10 Palestinians have been forced to leave their homes. Israeli orders to leave areas often classified as “safe” led to massive displacements at least once a month.
On Thursday, the UN warned that massive displacement in Gaza, believed to be the largest reported since 7 October, is forcing UN agencies to cut food rations.
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World Food Programme (WFP) reports released here say the delivery of rations is made more difficult by the high number of forcibly uprooted people remaining in the agency’s shelters and homes.
The UN estimates that nine out of 10 Palestinians have been forced to leave their homes. Israeli orders to leave areas often classified as “safe” led to massive displacements at least once a month.
As a result, since the current round of the conflict between Israel and the Hamas group erupted, some civilians have been displaced up to nine and ten times.
According to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), its workers are reducing food to ensure wider coverage for people who have been newly displaced in Gaza City, located in the central part of the enclave.
OCHA also confirmed that the Israeli army on Wednesday halted all aid missions north of Wadi Gaza, the river valley that divides the enclave in two.
“This meant that humanitarian workers were unable to reach any of the hundreds of thousands of people in need. They also found it impossible to collect supplies at the northern entry point of Erez West,” the agency lamented in its latest update.
Many WFP distribution points also had to relocate or close due to lack of supplies or Israeli orders.
“We urgently need more food deliveries and increased capacity to deliver hot meals,” WFP warned in a message posted on its Twitter account.
Autor: OSG
Fuente: Aljazeera-The Independent
