March 28, 2024 3:40 PM

Famine imminent in north Gaza: World Food Program

Famine is imminent in northern Gaza, said the World Food Program (WFP). Malnutrition among children is proceeding at a record pace, and one of three children below the age of two is now acutely malnourished or "wasted." Some 70 percent of the population in north Gaza is facing catastrophic hunger. Parents are not eating for days at time so that their children can. "There is nowhere else in the world where so many people face imminent famine. Here in Gaza City we're at the epicenter of the cri...