Northern Gaza facing widespread famine that may spread to south, says top UN official

Displaced Palestinians at a temporary camp in Rafah, southern Gaza, on Friday, May 3, 2024. The temperature in Rafah, the southernmost city in Gaza, rose to 39.1C (102F) on April 24, 14C higher than the 30-year average for the same date. - Photo: Bloomberg

ROME/GAZA (Bernam-WAFA): The director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Cindy McCain, today confirmed that there is a comprehensive famine in the northern Gaza Strip that might spread, Palestine News Agency (WAFA) reported.

McCain confirmed, according to a report published on the organisation’s official website, that the population in the Gaza Strip suffers from severe food shortages and food insecurity after seven months of Israeli aggression.