Trucks carrying aid provided by the World Food Programme (WFP) drive on a road in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on Oct. 15, 2025, amid a U.S.-brokered cease-fire. (Credit: Bashar Taleb/AFP)
The United Nations said Friday it would take time to reverse a famine in Gaza and urged the opening of all crossing points into the war-shattered Palestinian territory.
"It's going to take some time to scale back the famine," the U.N. World Food Programme's spokeswoman Abeer Etefa told a media briefing in Geneva, saying the WFP had five distribution points up and running but wanted to get to 145 to "flood Gaza with food."
The United Nations said Friday it would take time to reverse a famine in Gaza and urged the opening of all crossing points into the war-shattered Palestinian territory.
"It's going to take some time to scale back the famine," the U.N. World Food Programme's spokeswoman Abeer Etefa told a media briefing in Geneva, saying the WFP had five distribution points up and running but wanted to get to 145 to "flood Gaza with food."
Humanitarian convoy reaches Rmeish, Ain Ibl, Dibil despite obstacles
