Samantha Power, the director of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has informed Congress that famine has started in northern Gaza, a region severely affected by six months of Israeli military operations, including a near-total blockade. This area of Gaza is notably the most isolated from receiving aid. Power's statement marks her as the first U.S. official to publicly acknowledge the famine. The situation has been further exacerbated by a failed promise from Benjamin Netanyahu to Joe Biden about a surge in aid to Gaza, which has not materialized according to aid workers. The credibility of the famine's assessment is supported by the UN-backed IPC.
Samantha Power, Top USAID Official, Admits Northern Gaza Is Experiencing Famine https://t.co/rs5fryJa4J
"A promised surge in aid into Gaza that Benjamin Netanyahu promised Joe Biden a week ago has so far failed to materialize, aid workers say, as the US aid chief confirmed that famine is beginning to take hold in parts of the besieged coastal strip." https://t.co/QCigCNiILd
USAID chief Samantha Power became the highest-ranking US official to say that famine is underway in northern Gaza. During Congressional testimony, she said an assessment from the UN-backed IPC on the situation is 'credible.' https://t.co/V5QBdwfknb
The leader of USAID told lawmakers this week she believes a famine is underway in northern Gaza, which has been devastated by six months of Israel’s military operations. https://t.co/nBkyqcYZ9L
A U.S. aid official warns that famine has begun in northern Gaza — the first U.S. official to publicly say so. https://t.co/67n7ystJUM
Northern Gaza Already Experiencing Famine, Biden’s Top Aid Official Says https://t.co/h8BypELvaM https://t.co/WNuGroeS3v
Samantha Power, the director of the U.S. Agency for International Development, has said that a famine is underway in northern Gaza, which has been devastated by 6 months of Israeli military operations and is the part of the territory most cut off from aid. https://t.co/VnHOXLPFRO
NEW: Samantha Power, the director of the U.S. Agency for International Development, told Congress on Wednesday that famine has begun in northern Gaza, which has been devastated by six months of Israeli military operations including a near-total blockade. https://t.co/l9et3u721y