GENEVA, Tuesday, June 25, 2024 (WAFA) - Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, warned that a high risk of famine persists across Gaza as long as the conflict continues.
“1 in 5 people in Gaza experience an extreme lack of food. Almost all people in the Strip face high levels of acute food insecurity,” he said in a post on X.
The latest IPC info analysis notes that the devastation brought about by the hostilities continues to be indescribable, he added.
“Only an end to the hostilities and immediate, unimpeded and sustained humanitarian access can reduce the risk of a famine occurring in the Gaza Strip.”
“The people of Gaza need peace now,” he said.
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