A child reacts as he walks along the coastal highway with other displaced Palestinians fleeing from the area in the vicinity of Gaza City's al-Shifa hospital, upon arrival at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on March 18, 2024 amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (Credit: AFP)
The entire population of Gaza is experiencing "severe levels of acute food insecurity," US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday, underscoring the urgency for increasing the delivery of humanitarian aid into the Palestinian territory.
"According to the most respected measure of these things, 100 percent of the population in Gaza is at severe levels of acute food insecurity. That's the first time an entire population has been so classified," Blinken told a press conference in the Philippines where he is on an official visit.
The entire population of Gaza is experiencing "severe levels of acute food insecurity," US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday, underscoring the urgency for increasing the delivery of humanitarian aid into the Palestinian territory.
"According to the most respected measure of these things, 100 percent of the population in Gaza is at severe...