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Parts of Gaza in ‘Full-Blown Famine,’ U.N. Aid Official Says [1]

['Liam Stack', 'Aaron Boxerman', 'Amanda Taub', 'Ken Belson']

Date: 2024-05-04

The leader of the World Food Program said that parts of the Gaza Strip are experiencing a “full-blown famine” that is spreading across the territory after almost seven months of war that have made delivering aid extremely challenging.

“There is famine — full-blown famine in the north, and it’s moving its way south,” Cindy McCain, the program’s director, said in excerpts released late Friday of an interview with “Meet The Press.”

Ms. McCain is the second high-profile American leading a U.S. government or U.N. aid effort who has said that there is famine in northern Gaza, although her remarks do not constitute an official declaration, which is a complex bureaucratic process.

She did not explain why an official famine declaration has not been made. But she said her assessment was “based on what we have seen and what we have experienced on the ground.”

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[1] Url: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/04/world/middleeast/gaza-famine-mccain-israel.html

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