  {"id":309872,"date":"2025-08-05T17:09:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T21:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&#038;p=309872"},"modified":"2025-08-05T17:09:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T21:09:51","slug":"unrwa-commissioner-general-on-gaza-hunger-has-become-the-latest-killer-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/unrwa-commissioner-general-on-gaza-hunger-has-become-the-latest-killer-in-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA Commissioner-General on Gaza: hunger has become the latest killer in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>05 August 2025<\/p>\n<p><em>From Philippe Lazzarini, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA Commissioner-General as posted on his official X account (previously known as Twitter)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Before the spread of famine, community-based distribution centres supported by partners, provided food and assistance to two million people, spread across the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p>Five months on the ongoing attempts to replace the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ coordinated response by four Israeli militarized distribution points, hunger has become the latest killer in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time for unhindered, safe and dignified assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Let the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ and our partners do their job.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_309875\" style=\"width: 756px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-309875\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-309875 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Gxlx8QgXIAATkfj.jpeg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Gxlx8QgXIAATkfj.jpeg\" alt=\"\u00a9OCHA\" width=\"746\" height=\"1055\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27746%27%20height%3D%271055%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20746%201055%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27746%27%20height%3D%271055%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Gxlx8QgXIAATkfj-200x283.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Gxlx8QgXIAATkfj-212x300.jpeg 212w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Gxlx8QgXIAATkfj-400x566.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Gxlx8QgXIAATkfj-600x849.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Gxlx8QgXIAATkfj-724x1024.jpeg 724w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Gxlx8QgXIAATkfj-800x1132.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Gxlx8QgXIAATkfj-1086x1536.jpeg 1086w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Gxlx8QgXIAATkfj.jpeg 1131w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-309875\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9OCHA<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 05 August 2025 From Philippe Lazzarini, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA Commissioner-General as posted on his official X account (previously known as Twitter) Before the spread of famine, community-based distribution centres supported by partners, provided food and assistance to two million people, spread across the Gaza Strip. 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