GAZA- The UN’s World Food Program (WFP) called on the Israeli authorities to allow at least 100 aid trucks per day through the northern, central, and southern border points.
In a statement released on Saturday, WFP said it has begun delivering food in the Gaza Strip, but that it is not enough.
The UN organization said that since May 21, when border crossings reopened to limited amounts of aid, WFP teams have been able to dispatch dozens of aid convoys, but despite this, the food delivered to date is still “a tiny fraction of what a population of over two million people need to survive”.
It also said that a recent WFP assessment found that nearly one person in three is not eating for days at a time.
Moreover, findings from the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report indicate a high risk that famine will occur as conflict persists and humanitarian agencies are unable to provide essential aid.
Some 470,000 people are expected to face catastrophic hunger between May and September this year, it said, adding that flour for bread is 3,000 times more expensive than before the war, and cooking oil is unavailable.
