The UN World Food Program (WFP) has warned that the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip has reached a “critical point,” telling Al Jazeera satellite channel it has already depleted its remaining food stocks and is now unable to feed the population.
WFP spokeswoman Abeer Etefa stated on Wednesday that around 700,000 people used to receive meals each day from the program, but the failure to bring more aid into Gaza stopped this food support.
Etefa added that many trucks carrying aid are now stranded at the Gaza border crossings without being able to enter in order for the program to resume serving meals to the hungry.
“We may see deaths from malnutrition as the crossings remain closed,” she warned.
During the brief truce earlier this year, the WFP managed to deliver between 30,000 and 40,000 tons of aid. However, that flow of aid has stopped, leaving the Gazans at increasing risk of large-scale famine.
