UN on Food Aid for Gaza

In Gaza, the ceasefire is enabling UN humanitarians to reach more desperate people with life-saving food, but greater access is needed to contain the spread of famine.

Abeer Etefa, Senior Regional Communications Officer and spokesperson for the World Food Programme (WFP) told reporters in Geneva on Tuesday that since the ceasefire took hold on 11 October the agency has been able to bring in over 6,700 metric tonnes of food – enough for close to half a million people for two weeks.

“Daily deliveries continue and they are now averaging around 750 tonnes,” Ms. Etefa said. “That’s much better than what they had before the ceasefire, but it’s still well below the target, which is around 2,000 tonnes every day.”