Gaza’s food crisis since the October 7 attacks: An Integrated Plan of Action for the Recovery from Famine in Somalia Two Decades ago
Nearly all of Gaza’s population is struggling with food shortages and hunger, and half a million people now face starvation, according to a new report. 35 experts from the Integrated food security Phase Classifications were used to conduct the analysis. Two decades ago, the I.P.C. was established to assist in the recovery from famine in Africa.
The analysis was done by 35 experts, some of whom are from the U.N. The I.P.C. was founded two decades ago to address famine in Somalia at the time.
According to the figures, Israel declared a siege on Gaza after the attacks on October 7. Over 37,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel since the beginning of this year, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. It has not kept a tally of the missing or additional deaths from preventable disease, malnutrition and other consequences of war.
The entry of humanitarian aid trucks is limited in Gaza according to an aid organization working in the area. They say aid is trickling in.
This appears to have “temporarily alleviated” conditions in north Gaza, the I.P.C. study says, adding that the “available evidence does not indicate that famine is currently occurring.”
In early May, Israeli tanks effectively shut the Gaza border in Rafah with Egypt, where aid and fuel had been entering. Fighting between the Israeli military and Hamas in Rafah made it difficult for aid organizations to reach their warehouses or collect aid from Gaza at the southern crossing with Israel. Aid groups toldNPR at the time they rationed food supplies so more people could get hot meals.
Humanitarian workers have been killed and aid groups say their trucks are being looted because of the lawlessness. The Israeli military has been attacking local clans and police.
People in sub-human conditions are resorting to desperate measures such as boiling weeds and eating animal feed to save their children’s lives, according to the vice president of global policy and advocacy.
Gaza City: Dr. Osama Hamed has no water for a child with a vascular infection and an ureteral injury
A surgeon in Gaza City with Project Hope, Dr. Osama Hamed, said in a statement that he treated a 13-year-old boy last week with a vascular and ureteral injury, but the hospital lacked the sutures needed to operate. He says that a staffer had to run to the hospital to get the last box.
He said that some patients are just skin and bones as a sign of severe malnutrition. “Patients have reported not eating any protein for several months, making it impossible for their bodies to recover from infections and injuries.”
There is not enough drinking water in Gaza. He says a girl begged him for water in the operating room the other day.
The country’s huge foreign debt was the root of yesterday’s deadly protests against a proposed tax hike. Police opened fire with live ammunition and tear gas at young protesters as they attempted to storm the Parliament building in Nairobi. Several people were killed and others injured.
The Veepstakes is On: Evan Gershkovich in Yekaterinburg and the Construction of a New Earthship
The Veepstakes is on in the U.S. The first presidential debate may be top of mind now, but the Republican National Convention is less than three weeks away. Donald Trump doesn’t have much time to pick a running mate. He’s treating the search much like his old days hosting “The Apprentice” — and vice president nominee hopefuls are rushing to make their final sales pitch.
Evan Gershkovich’s trial began behind closed doors in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg. If Gershkovich, his employer and the U.S. government are found guilty of espionage charges, he will be sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Do you know what an Earthship is? If you want to find out more about the energy efficient homes in the high desert of northern New Mexico, there is a whole neighborhood of them. The construction site of a new Earthship can look like the aftermath of a party but those buildings are made from old aluminum cans and discarded tires. Here & Now’s Peter O’Dowd recently spent some time in one.