‘Desperate, hungry, terrified’: Gazans stopping aid trucks in search of food

adminDecember 14, 2023September 17, 202408 mins

Speaking later in the day at UN Headquarters, the deputy head of the UN World Food Programme (WFP), confirmed that following a food assessment, around half of all Gazans “are starving”, with no idea where their next meal is coming from. Briefing journalists in Geneva uon his return from Rafah governorate, Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of…

Gaza doctors ‘terrified’ of deadly disease outbreak as aid teams race to deliver

adminNovember 28, 2023September 17, 202405 mins

Priorities include transporting fuel to the north of the war-torn enclave, so that it can be used to power hospitals, provide clean water and maintain other vital civilian infrastructure. Such services have been massively impacted by weeks of Israeli bombardment in response to Hamas’s 7 October massacres in southern Israel that left some 1,200 dead…