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Humanitarian aid response, December 2023. The population of the Gaza Strip has faced starvation and famine since the blockade started in 2007. As a result of this, official bodies have urged Israel to improve the facilitation of humanitarian aid supplies to Gaza.
The situation in the Gaza Strip reached dire levels of starvation and food insecurity by late 2023 and early 2024. Reports from various sources including the World Food Programme and United Nations officials highlighted a devastating situation where food stocks were nearly exhausted, bakeries were being destroyed by Israeli airstrikes, and access to basic food supplies became increasingly scarce.
A UN report in 2022 estimated Gaza Strip's unemployment rate to be 45% and 65% of the population under poverty, living standards went down by 27% compared to 2006 and 80% of the population depends on international aid for survival.
The officials from the U.N. humanitarian office and the U.N.’s food and agriculture organizations painted a dire picture of all 2.3 million people in Gaza facing crisis levels of food insecurity ...
Within a month, the figure nearly quadrupled as Gaza plunged into a humanitarian crisis. The United Nations asked for nearly $300 million in aid for Palestinians. Within a month, the figure nearly ...
Humanitarian aid organizations, such as the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC), have been active in providing medical care, food, water, and shelter. The Syrian conflict has left approximately 70% of the population in need of humanitarian assistance, reflecting the vast scale of the crisis as ...
As deaths and injuries in Gaza continue to rise due to intensified hostilities, intense overcrowding and disrupted health, water, and sanitation systems pose an added danger: the rapid spread of infectious diseases. November 8, 2023 [74] Public health experts warned of the outbreak and spread of disease in Gaza.
Gaza Strip evacuations. During the Israel–Hamas war, the Israeli military ordered most residents of Gaza to evacuate their homes, displacing hundreds of thousands of people and contributing to a broader humanitarian crisis in the territory. [4] [5] It is the largest displacement of Palestinians in 75 years.