The humanitarian crisis in Gaza has reached catastrophic levels, with acute malnutrition spreading rapidly among children, where one in three children under age 2 in northern Gaza is now acutely malnourished. The region is on the brink of famine, with famine imminent in the northern Gaza Strip. US and Jordanian militaries have conducted new humanitarian air drops, and the World Central Kitchen, led by celebrity chef José Andrés, has delivered almost 200 tons of food to the area. Despite these efforts, Israel's strict control over aid entry, citing security concerns against Hamas, has significantly limited the flow of necessary supplies, not allowing two thirds of humanitarian aid trucks into Gaza in March 2024. Israel uses starvation as a negotiating strategy, exacerbating the crisis. UN agencies and other humanitarian groups have called for immediate, safe, and unimpeded access to the Gaza Strip to prevent further deaths and suffering among the civilian population. The situation is further exacerbated by the denial of entry to the head of the UN Palestinian refugee agency, UNRWA, by Israeli authorities.
Israel’s response to reports that famine is imminent in Gaza: deny entry to the head of the UN refugee agency @UNRWA - which israel is trying to dismantle https://t.co/3CWUk1D2mb
new world food program report on gaza: “1.1 million have completely exhausted their food supplies…struggling with catastrophic hunger (ipc phase 5) and starvation. this is the highest number of people ever recorded as facing catastrophic hunger by the ipc system.” we have…
As the besieged Gaza Strip endures months of Israeli bombardment, the UN agency reports that children there are so weakened by hunger that they lack the strength to even shed tears, highlighting the looming threat of famine. https://t.co/Hgppv4Eymz
Israeli authorities denied permission for the head of the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA to enter the Gaza Strip on Monday. Unprecedented anywhere in the world
On the day new data is out on famine in #GAZA, the Israeli Authorities deny my entry to Gaza. -Famine is imminent in the northern Gaza Strip, expected to arrive between now and May. - Two million people= the entire population of Gaza is facing crisis levels of food insecurity…
Gaza is in a state of famine intentionally provoked by Israel to starve the population. Famine isnt something that can be ended overnight. It will kill many more people than bombs & ruin the lives of countless more, esp children who--if they survive--will be stunted for life. https://t.co/unH88kzSjA
Famine may already be happening in northern Gaza and risks spreading across the besieged enclave, plunging 2.2 million Palestinians into the broadest and most severe food crisis in the world, the globe’s leading body on food emergencies said Monday. https://t.co/MAZaI02nQL
🧑🍳 FOOD IN GAZA: FACTS 1⃣ 80% more food trucks are now entering Gaza compared with before Hamas declared war. Before 10/7, UN figures show only 70 food trucks entered Gaza every day. Since March 1, it's a daily average of 126. 2⃣ Over 9,500 trucks with 200,000+ tons of food…
Borrell: In Gaza we are no longer on the brink of famine, we are in a state of famine. This is unacceptable. Starvation is used as a weapon of war. Israel is provoking famine.
Israel sends Gaza tons of humanitarian aid every day of the week. 239 humanitarian aid trucks entered yesterday alone! Israel cares for Palestinian people more than Hamas, who hijacks aid and shoots at its own people who come to get aid. https://t.co/b8WeawPWqo
#BREAKING Food situation 'catastrophic' for half of Gazans, famine 'imminent' in north: UN https://t.co/4iQfgqGfTV
‼️Hunger in #Gaza is man-made. @UNLazzarini: "We are engaged in a race against the clock to try to reverse the impact of the spreading hunger and the looming famine in the Gaza Strip." https://t.co/t8Jna8L1nh
#BREAKING: UN expects famine in Gaza by May https://t.co/CeYwBPb6q3 https://t.co/OUKOhBbej7
BREAKING: 🇪🇺EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell: 'This is unacceptable, starvation is used as a weapon of war. Israel is provoking famine.' https://t.co/BDF18qvsMS https://t.co/x3veeYz2HO
80% more food trucks are entering Gaza now compared with before the war, and Israel is facilitating the delivery of unlimited quantities of aid by air, land, and sea despite Hamas hijacking and hoarding whatever it can. This line of criticism is simply divorced from reality. https://t.co/E8phxuLhAq
The famine is invading Gaza. https://t.co/eKWYR6YSnc
The European Union has now officially accepted that Israel is starving Gaza. "Provoking famine" is straightforward genocidal intent. There is no excuse for pretending otherwise. https://t.co/t6HM9aB6qp
IDF coordinating humanitarian aid to civilians through @UN agencies that aren’t Hamas fronts like UNRWA!🙌 UNRWA has replacements! There are no restrictions on the amount of aid that can go into or around Gaza. https://t.co/zjtyhUsCSK
Israel is using starvation as a weapon of war. Those are the powerful words from the EU’s foreign policy chief today. Let's be totally clear, that is a war crime. And by refusing to demand an immediate ceasefire, our Government is giving the green light to Israeli war crimes.
IDF coordinating humanitarian aid to civilians in need while making sure terrorists can’t hijack it 🙌 There are no restrictions on the amount of aid that can go into or around Gaza. https://t.co/zjtyhUsCSK
🇵🇸UNICEF: 31% OF CHILDREN UNDER 3 SUFFER FROM ACUTE MALNUTRITION IN NORTHERN GAZA "Essentially, the body starts to consume itself because it has nothing else, and it's a painful, painful death for children. I've been in wards with children who are suffering from severe chronic… https://t.co/L62aXgGKwZ
🔹Intense Israeli bombardment from air, land & sea continue to be reported across #GazaStrip 🔹@UNICEF reports 1 in 3 children in northern #Gaza are now malnourished, compared to 15.6% in January 🔹@UNRWA provided +3 million medical consultations in health centres & shelters
Israel’s war on Gaza: List of key events, day 163 https://t.co/dnc07VkMUh
A SHIPMENT OF AID ARRIVED ON GAZA’S SHORE ON FRIDAY, BUT HOW AND WHEN IT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED HAS YET TO BE SEEN.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SAYS THAT ISRAEL WAS MAKING "UNUSUAL EFFORTS" TO DELIVER AND INCREASE HUMANITARIAN AID TO GAZA BY "LAND, SEA, AND AIR"-SKY
ISRAEL'S PM SAYS HIS ARMY HAS DONE "MORE TO MINIMISE CIVILIAN CASUALTIES THAN ANY OTHER ARMY IN MODERN TIMES"-SKY
Benjamin Netanyahu says that Israel was making "unusual efforts" to deliver and increase humanitarian aid to Gaza by "land, sea, and air" Israel's PM says his army has done "more to minimise civilian casualties than any other army in modern times" https://t.co/72PRmGjH0h https://t.co/ikkBmanfGT
BREAKING: 19 AID TRUCKS CARRYING CANNED GOODS AND FLOUR ENTER NORTHERN GAZA THROUGH KUWAITI ROUNDABOUT This is not enough to help with the real time starvation. https://t.co/6VcM0AVXwX
7 food airdrops took place over Northern Gaza's skies today; tireless coordination allowed for the entry of a few aid trucks into the north last night, & 200 tons of food were offloaded Friday from a barge onto Gaza's shore thanks to World Central Kitchen & others. Of course,… https://t.co/rBGErSJs3O
BREAKING | 19 aid trucks carrying canned goods and flour sacks just entered Northern Gaza via the Kuwaiti roundabout https://t.co/GK1sOlrZnx
🇮🇱🇵🇸🚨‼️ Al Jazeera reports 15 trucks of aid entering now. https://t.co/SJLMOioQCF
a convoy with humanitarian aid from charitable organizations arrived in the northern Gaza Strip for the first time in four months. The video shows the situation of residents who lined up to get food. https://t.co/3n1dlYpCE0
Aid agencies have warned of famine in Gaza as hospitals report fatal cases of malnutrition and dehydration among children in the region. https://t.co/mSswNxCVYK
José Andrés called for Israel to be “doing more” in getting aid to Gaza, emphasizing that nothing can get through to the territory “without the permission of Israel.” https://t.co/pqWiUUEBtU https://t.co/kfp7BSEOGT
As a second ship towing desperately needed aid prepared to depart for Gaza on Sunday, José Andrés, the founder of the food charity sending the vessels, called for a cease-fire and said that Israel should be doing more to prevent hunger in Gaza. https://t.co/MNI7ELjzkb
BREAKING: Netanyahu says that 'Hamas has to be eliminated' and that the military has 'done more to minimize civilian casualties than any other army in modern times'
A second food ship is about to embark for Gaza. That's nice, but don't overstate its significance. Starvation still reigns. The 240 tons of aid is the equivalent of 12 trucks. Before the war, 500 trucks entered Gaza each day. https://t.co/806HhBXn0d
What you need to know about the Israel-Hamas war, day 163: Flour reaches areas of Gaza with no aid for four months https://t.co/6unv0G6CHc
A shipment of aid arrived on Gaza’s shore on Friday, but how and when it will be distributed has yet to be seen. https://t.co/Ms3YzSAJeq
🇺🇸U.S CHEF’S CHARITY SENDS 200 TONS OF AID TO GAZA Founded by Chef José Andrés, World Central Kitchen charity delivers a massive 200 tons of food to northern Gaza. The charity, anchored by Chef José's vision of food as a powerful humanitarian tool, provides food around the… https://t.co/ZlFulndDVQ
'NO SUBSTITUTE': Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu explains on @foxandfriends why Hamas must be completely destroyed as the war rages on. https://t.co/yAQpThMGRO
Israel is facilitating humanitarian aid into Gaza via: ✈️ AIR: Airdrops to northern Gaza 🏜️ LAND: No limits at Kerem Shalom, inspections at Nitzana, new pilot at gate in fence ⛵️ SEA: Facilitating maritime corridor to new pier, deliveries straight to Gaza's maritime space
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu: 'The army of Israel has done more to minimise civilian casualties than any other army of modern times' 'We cannot have a future for Gaza, a future for peace, a future for Israel if Hamas remains intact' https://t.co/PAiZ4D1jU3 📺 Sky 501 https://t.co/ri7pz5Mjhj
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu: 'The army of Israeli has done more to minimise civilian casualties than any other of modern times' 'We cannot have a future for Gaza, a future for peace, a future for Israel if Hamas remains intact' https://t.co/PAiZ4D1jU3 📺 Sky 501 https://t.co/AHWdmDSPVE
Let's not get carried away about the World Central Kitchen's shipload of food to Gaza. Yes, it helps the starving, but the 200-ton shipment "was equivalent of what roughly 10 trucks could carry." Before the war, roughly 500 trucks entered Gaza EACH DAY. https://t.co/US8NniKOqj
Israel maintains "it has placed no limit on the amount of aid that can enter Gaza....But aid groups point out that Israel has closed all but two border crossings in the south and that its onerous inspections of aid convoys for arms slow down deliveries." https://t.co/US8NniKOqj
The World Central Kitchen charity said 200 tons of food have been delivered to northern Gaza, while the US Central Command said its aircraft dropped aid to Gazans in an operation with Jordan https://t.co/nqOHY7Gy2h https://t.co/k0EQO6lPDw
We do need journalists to provide on the ground accounts of the real situation in Gaza. We keep hearing a famine is coming. Is it? With hundreds of food trucks entering everyday, more than before the war, is there any evidence of famine? https://t.co/5HIP8jzy2Q
Palestinians are striving to make the best of aid that became lodged between buildings after being dropped onto Gaza. This situation is described as a form of humiliation by the starving residents of Gaza, considering that a significant portion of the aid dropped by air arrives… https://t.co/W43tyGz4Wx
Arrival of sacks of flour for distribution in northern Gaza https://t.co/DCPB8pTUlH
LIVE UPDATES: Trucks of flour reached northern Gaza for distribution to areas that have had no aid in four months, Palestinian media reports https://t.co/oXXCHkMGI1
Ongoing Humanitarian Crisis: An aid air drop in Northern Gaza fell between 2 buildings. Residents of the building attempt to retrieve the aid with great difficulty. https://t.co/JQ3i3EeHlj
The US and the charity World Central Kitchen released videos of aid deliveries to Gaza https://t.co/nqOHY7G0cJ https://t.co/FH4h9DPYCL
Dozens of Palestinians are trying to get to the aid that was dropped by planes over Gaza city. https://t.co/Dm4th8hpVO
WFP provides community kitchens in #Gaza with food so they can prepare 500,000 meals for people breaking their fast everyday. See how chef Mahmoud cooks for hundreds of Gazans. https://t.co/giDpAnhEd4
People in #Gaza are on the verge of famine. @UNRWA needs to be able to reach as many people as possible with critical aid. Delivery via land remains the most efficient & safest way. Safe, unimpeded & sustained access throughout the #GazaStrip is a matter of life & death. https://t.co/IKFgxIXGZl
Scenes of World Central Kitchen distributing food aid on boats in central Gaza. https://t.co/Yc0WRFrkUJ
UN: Every third child in Gaza is chronically malnourished ▪️One in three children under the age of two in northern Gaza is chronically malnourished, the United Nations Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRVA) announced. "Hunger is spreading rapidly among children and is reaching… https://t.co/2IKYiQf6wR
Child mortality in the Gaza Strip is rising at an unprecedented rate due to malnutrition and drought - UNRWA. https://t.co/dfa5KS7rNn
This weekend, a maritime shipment of aid reached Gaza’s shores, the first to do so in nearly two decades. But experts said that adding new methods of aid delivery was unlikely to ease the hunger crisis in the enclave. https://t.co/bGMbUkJ210
Some 15 trucks loaded with flour entered Gaza City and the Jabalya refugee camp on Saturday accompanied by a "guard squad" that included masked armed men. https://t.co/7M3db0Rwyr
For the first time in over five months, wheat flour was allowed into northern Gaza last night and in very limited quantities, offering a glimmer of hope to nearly 700,000 starving Palestinian citizens in the region. https://t.co/yRTyBYzt9N
Thousands of citizens in desperate need of food wait in front of an UNRWA distribution center in northern Gaza to get wheat flour after minor amounts successfully entered the region for the first time in five months. https://t.co/JBscighwSx
The UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA): ⭕ The conditions in the northern Gaza Strip are extremely tragic due to the severe shortage of basic foodstuff. ⭕ Deaths among children in the Gaza Strip are rising in an unprecedented manner due to malnutrition and dehydration. ⭕…
Israel’s war on Gaza: List of key events, day 162 https://t.co/DAMVU2DBAB
UN says acute malnutrition spreading fast among children in Gaza https://t.co/mUT2a1kDHB
AP Reporters Aboard a U.S. Military Plane Watch Small Batches of Aid Airdropped on a Destroyed Gaza https://t.co/EsnK0tVoaQ
One in every three children in northern Gaza under the age two is now acutely malnourished, according to a screening conducted by UNICEF and its partners. The numbers reflect 31% of the children’s population of northern Gaza under age two. It is a staggering escalation from the… https://t.co/0fHroLuQWj
Analysis by Sammy Westfall: For months, humanitarian groups have urged Israel to allow more aid into Gaza. The Gaza Strip is surrounded by existing routes, in the care of staunch U.S. allies, by which a massive increase in aid could arrive by truck. https://t.co/5AaafxyB6V
For 10 consecutive days, the U.S. & Jordan have conducted humanitarian airdrops into Gaza, dropping more than 300,000 meals & 100,000 bottles of water since the beginning of March. https://t.co/6LdZmOywVy
The Israeli army has released footage showcasing the development of a docking area in Gaza, intended for aid delivery. A journalist in Gaza said that this new port is being constructed to separate the northern and southern regions of the Gaza Strip, despite the existence of a… https://t.co/6frxye0yog
Q: WHY HAS JOSE ANDRES NOT BEEN AWARDED A NOBEL PRIZE: “GAZA: The first aid ship to Gaza – operated by Jose Andres' nonprofit relief organization World Central Kitchen – arrived in the Strip with almost 220 tons of food that will be distributed as part of a humanitarian effort.”
The "starving Gazans" https://t.co/RngwVWmLO4
STORY | AP reporters aboard a US military plane watch small batches of aid airdropped on a destroyed Gaza READ: https://t.co/mHhZpKl7nA https://t.co/bOJ8hYR3sw
Israel at war | What you need to know, day 162: First aid ship reaches Gaza, UNICEF warns of acute malnutrition https://t.co/TXrDXhy8jr
Due to obstacles imposed by Israeli forces, very little flour is being distributed to northern Gaza areas. As a result, starved Palestinians resort to eating rotten bread they had to keep for days in order to break their fast during Ramadan. https://t.co/brNXPzAzMz
US and Jordanian militaries conduct new humanitarian air drops in Gaza
JUST IN: US and Jordanian militaries conduct new humanitarian air drops in Gaza
In extremely challenging conditions in Gaza, @UNRWA teams work tirelessly to assist families in dire need. The catastrophic situation is deteriorating by the minute. Safe, unimpeded & sustained access across the Gaza Strip is needed NOW. https://t.co/lEcgpfXx0T
Flying over Gaza, US military officer calls aid airdrops ‘a drop in the bucket’ https://t.co/QKdu8ZfLIc
Israel-Gaza: Aid reaches Gaza shore in first sea delivery. Ok, how do you secure fair distribution? https://t.co/OysEuiBbRF
Israel isn’t blocking trucks from entering, and it’s trying to deliver aid to civilians in need in a way that makes sure Hamas terrorists can’t steal it, but whatever floats your aid boat. https://t.co/3o8FDGabub
🇵🇸🇮🇱 Israel is using starvation as a weapon of war. https://t.co/5MFk4Elx1S
Celebrity chef José Andrés and his World Central Kitchen nonprofit have sent aid to Gaza, shipping almost 200 tons of food this week to Palestinians. https://t.co/0q3J5CRC0W
Scenes of food aid being distributed by boats from the World Central Kitchen organization in central areas of Gaza. https://t.co/tHjbZKt6lt
As Israel uses starvation as a key part of its negotiating strategy (a war crime), "one in three children under age 2 in northern Gaza is now acutely malnourished and famine is looming, the main U.N. agency operating in the Palestinian enclave said." https://t.co/Kfkju8teD0
Israel did not allow two thirds of humanitarian aid trucks into Gaza in March 2024. Despite the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the international response, Israel has allowed aid to flow into the region, which is well below the minimum requirement. https://t.co/sGqGuZHW7s
⚡UNRWA: A third of children in northern Gaza under two years old suffer from acute malnutrition
US and Jordanian aircraft on Saturday dropped food supplies to Palestinian civilians trapped in the Gaza Strip in a joint humanitarian aid operation, US Central Command said in a statement. https://t.co/aKUli8OWxj
In #Gaza, @UNRWA teams work tirelessly & in extremely challenging conditions to assist families in dire need. The situation is catastrophic & deteriorates by the minute. Safe, unimpeded & sustained access across the #GazaStrip is needed NOW. https://t.co/qrshr02BZw