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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.
The situation in northern Gaza is a stark reminder of the human cost of conflict. "The current situation in the north of Gaza is unsustainable – on top of a year of displacement, struggling to ...
An armed conflict between Israel and Hamas-led Palestinian militant groups [ad] has been taking place in the Gaza Strip and Israel since 7 October 2023. It is the fifth war of the Gaza–Israel conflict since 2008, and the most significant military engagement in the region since the Yom Kippur War in 1973. [144]
The Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip is a major part of the Israel–Hamas war. Starting on 7 October 2023, immediately after the Hamas-led attacks on Israel, it began bombing the Gaza Strip; on 13 October, Israel began ground operations in Gaza, and on 27 October, a full-scale invasion was launched.
It warned that the "humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip [was] extremely grave and rapidly deteriorating", adding that, under a "reasonable worst-case scenario, a risk of famine existed for ...
Gaza authorities say almost 45,000 Palestinians have been killed and more than 106,000 injured in Israel's offensive, while most of Gaza's 2 million people are homeless or displaced as famine looms.
During the Israel–Hamas war, the Israeli military ordered mass evacuations in Gaza, resulting in one of the largest displacements of Palestinians since 1948. [4] [5] [a] On 13 October 2023, just one week after Hamas' attack on Israel, Israel instructed 1.1 million Gazans north of the Wadi Gaza, including those in Gaza City, to evacuate within 24 hours. [7]
The Biden administration earlier this month sent a letter to Israel urging it to take steps in 30 days to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza or face potential restrictions on U.S. military ...