The United Nations World Food Programme has said around 2.2 million people in Gaza need urgent food assistance, warning that the agency\u2019s access to those in need is extremely limited without fuel and connectivity.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe WFP was working with 23 bakeries in Gaza at the start of its emergency response, providing bread for 200,000 people in shelters. But food systems are collapsing. The last bakery that WFP had been working with was shut down because it had no fuel or gas,\u201d it said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cNearly one-third of the population of Palestine \u2014 33.6 per cent, or 1.84 million people \u2014 are food insecure. Funding shortages had already meant a devastating cut in assistance for 60pc of WFP food-assistance recipients in June 2023,\u201d the agency added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The United Nations World Food Programme has said around 2.2 million people in Gaza need urgent food assistance, warning that the agency\u2019s access to those in need is extremely limited without fuel and connectivity. \u201cThe WFP was working with 23 bakeries in Gaza at the start of its emergency response, providing bread for 200,000 people […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":334290,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-369823","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n