Gaza’s looming famine: Why is the humanitarian situation so dire in the Palestinian territory?

Palestinian children search for food scraps at a street kitchen in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, on March 19th. Photograph: Ahmad Salem/BloombergFamine is assessed by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification , an initiative of more than a dozen UN agencies, regional bodies and aid groups.

“Famine is now projected and imminent in the north Gaza and Gaza governorates and is expected to become manifest during the projection period from mid-March 2024 to May 2024,” it said. Under the 1949 Geneva Conventions on the laws of war: “To the fullest extent of the means available to it, the occupying power has the duty of ensuring the food and medical supplies of the population.”Israel captured the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem in a 1967 war. These are areas of historic Palestine that the Palestinians want for a state. Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005 and Hamas won elections in 2006.

The UN Palestinian refugee agency Unrwa has said that during February an average of nearly 97 trucks were able to enter Gaza each day, compared with about 150 trucks a day in January – well below a target of 500 trucks a day.

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