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UN appeals for $2.8 bln for Gaza, West Bank aid

More than six months of war have created critical food shortages among Gaza's Palestinians that some areas now exceed famine levels, according to the United Nations.

UN appeals for $2.8 bln for Gaza, West Bank aid

A young Palestinian man stands in a building heavily damaged by Israeli bombardment in al-Daraj neighborhood in Gaza City on April 16, 2024. (Credit: AFP)

GENEVA — The United Nations appealed on Wednesday for $2.8 billion in funding to assist more than three million people in Gaza and the West Bank until the end of the year, to help ease food shortages and prevent looming famine in Gaza.

A flash appeal published by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that sum was needed to help 3.1 million people and "reduce human suffering and prevent further loss of life."

A major chunk of funding — $782.1 million — will be destined for food aid for 2.2 million people in Gaza and 400,000 people in the West Bank, the appeal said.

More than six months of war have created critical food shortages among Gaza's Palestinians that some areas now exceed famine levels, according to the United Nations.

A senior UN aid official said on Tuesday that the United Nations was struggling to prevent famine in the Gaza Strip and while there had been some improvement in coordination with Israel, aid deliveries in the enclave still faced obstacles.

Israel aims to wipe out Hamas in Gaza after its Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel in which it killed some 1,200 people and took more than 250 people hostage, according to Israeli tallies.

Gaza health authorities say Israel has killed more than 33,000 people since, in its assault on the enclave.

GENEVA — The United Nations appealed
on Wednesday for $2.8 billion in funding to assist more than
three million people in Gaza and the West Bank until the end of
the year, to help ease food shortages and prevent looming famine
in Gaza.
A flash appeal published by the UN Office for the
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that sum was
needed to help...