UN aid chief warns on Gaza food supplies, says relief work 'unplannable'

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GENEVA — The UN aid chief warned on Thursday (May 16) that famine was an immediate risk in Gaza with food stocks running out, describing fresh challenges since the start of the Israel's Rafah operation that made planning and distributing relief almost impossible.

Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator briefs media on the launch of the funding appeal to support conflict-torn Sudan in 2024 at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Feb 7, 2024.

"Stocks of food which were in place already in southern Gaza are running out. I think we're talking about almost none left," Griffiths told Reuters in an interview in Geneva. Griffiths had previously warned that a military operation in Rafah would be deadly and put the UN's fragile humanitarian operation "at death's door".

Israel says UN agencies are to blame for not distributing aid more efficiently within the enclave, creating backlogs of supplies.

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