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18 June 2025<\/p>\n
Over the last four weeks, WFP has been able to dispatch just 9,000 metric tons of food aid inside Gaza – a tiny fraction of what a population of 2.1 million hungry people needs.<\/p>\n
What is even worse is that\u00a0far too many people have died\u00a0while trying to access the trickle of food aid coming in.<\/p>\n
Only a massive scale-up in food distributions can stabilize the situation, calm anxieties and rebuild the trust within communities that more food is coming.<\/p>\n
Safer and more reliable convoy routes, faster permission approvals, dependable communication services, and the opening of additional border crossings are urgently needed now.<\/p>\n
The fear of starvation and desperate need for food is causing large crowds to gather along well-known transport routes, hoping to intercept and access humanitarian supplies while in transit.<\/p>\n
Any violence resulting in starving people being killed or injured while seeking life-saving assistance is completely unacceptable.<\/p>\n
WFP continues to call for the protection of all civilians and all aid workers delivering life-saving assistance.<\/p>\n
During the ceasefire, WFP facilitated as many as 600 trucks per day into Gaza, which helped push back the tide of hunger.<\/p>\n
WFP stands ready.We have food in the corridors, experienced teams on the ground, and proven systems in place to respond at scale.<\/p>\n
What is urgently needed now is another ceasefire, so we can reach families with critical food supplies in a consistent, orderly and safe manner – wherever they are across the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n
The time to act is now. Delays cost lives. We must be allowed to safely do our jobs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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