The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that the Gaza Strip now faces a “massive” food gap and widespread hunger while nearly the entire population of the Palestinian enclave is in “desperate” need of food assistance.In a statement on Thursday, WFP executive director Cindy McCain said food and water supplies are “practically non-existent” in Gaza that “civilians are facing the immediate possibility of starvation.”
The WFP has been warning of increasing hunger for weeks in Gaza.
It said that bread was now "scarce or non-existent" and that it was impossible to "meet current hunger needs with one operational border crossing".
The only hope to deal with starvation would be to open a second safe passage to bring food into Gaza, it added.
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