UN says no food has entered northern Gaza since start of October, putting 1 million people at risk of starvation CNN NEWS

By Kareem Khadder, Abeer Salman, Eyad Kourdi and Pauline Lockwood, CNN

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Published 11:31 AM EDT, Fri October 11, 2024 

Palestinians receive food cooked by a charity kitchen in northern Gaza, September 11, 2024.

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No food has entered northern Gaza since the start of October, putting 1 million people at risk of going hungry, the World Food Programme told CNN on Friday.

In August, approximately 700 hundred aid trucks entered northern Gaza. In September, only 400 aid trucks entered, after commercial operations ceased at the Allenby Crossing on the border between the occupied West Bank and Jordan, the WFP added. No food trucks have entered northern Gaza in October, the WFP told CNN.

On Wednesday, the WFP said in a report that the aid entering the strip has plummeted to its lowest level in months, forcing the organization to stop the distribution of food parcels in October.

“Hunger remains rampant and the threat of famine persists,” WFP added.  “If the flow of assistance does not resume, one million vulnerable people will be deprived on this lifeline.”...READ MORE https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/11/middleeast/food-northern-gaza-starvation-un-intl

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