Skip next section 100% of Gazans at risk of famine
05/30/2025May 30, 2025
100% of Gazans at risk of famine
The UN has issued more dire warnings about the desperate situation unfolding in as attempts to get aid to Palestinians continue.
“Gaza is the hungriest place on Earth,” said Jens Laerke, spokesman for the UN humanitarian agency OCHA, as quoted by the AFP news agency.
“It’s the only defined area — a country or defined territory within a country — where you have the entire population at risk of famine. 100% of the population at risk of famine,” Laerke said, rejecting claims by Israeli authorities that it wasn’t the case.
While the aid blockade has been partially eased in recent days, of the 900 truckloads of authorized aid, only 600 had been offloaded on the Gazan side.
“This limited number of truckloads that are coming in… it’s a trickle,” Laerke said, describing it as “drip-feeding food.”
The spokesman said the mission to deliver aid was “in an operational straitjacket that makes it one of the most obstructed aid operations not only in the world today, but in recent history.”
Tommaso Della Longa, a spokesperson for the , also said that half of the organization’s medical facilities in the area were out of action due to a lack of fuel or medical equipment.
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05/30/2025May 30, 2025
France says tougher stance on Israel may be necessary if humanitarian situation doesn’t improve
French President said that the collective position on Israel could toughen if there were no improvements to the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
“The humanitarian blockade is creating a situation that is untenable on the ground,” Macron said during a joint press conference in Singapore with Prime Minister Lawrence Wong.
“And so, if there is no response that meets the humanitarian situation in the coming hours and days, obviously, we will have to toughen our collective position,” Macron said, adding that sanctions against Israeli settlers may be up for consideration.
“But I still hope that the government of Israel will change its stance and that we will finally have a humanitarian response,” the French leader said.
Macron reiterated his support for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry later hit back at Macron an accused him of a “crusade against the Jewish state.”
It said “Israel is currently facilitating aid entry into Gaza through two parallel efforts,” referring to both the UN and the controversial US and Israeli-backed .
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Germany among countries changing tone on Israel
A number of European countries have begun changing their tone on Israel’s Gaza offensive in recent weeks. This added fuel to a debate here over whether Germany should continue to deliver arms to Israel. DW Political Correspondent Matthew Moore explains.
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There are stark warnings from the after a spokesperson said the entire population of Gaza is at risk of famine.
The situation in terms of aid deliveries has been described as “drip-feeding food” as not all of the 900 authorised truckloads have been offloaded on the Gaza said.
Meanwhile French President has cautioned that the collective stance on Israel may need to be toughened if a humanitarian response was not forthcoming in the coming hours or days.
You can read more here as developments unfold across the Middle East region.
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