Gaza: women and children

The humanitarian crisis in Gaza affects women and children first and foremost, according to UNICEF. On Friday, WFP qualified the food security situation in Gaza as “disastrous.” The Israeli offensive has already killed over 500 people.

Israel Deepens Gaza Incursion as Toll Mounts

Israeli troops commandeered high-rise buildings in three eastern districts of Gaza City on Monday, expelling residents and shooting militants in the streets in their furious effort to break Hamas’s fighting ability. On the 10th day of Israel’s war on the Islamist rulers of Gaza, more Palestinian civilians, including about 12 children, were killed and fuel and water supplies were severely strained for hundreds of thousands.

Rich states target poor’s farmland

Resource-hungry nations are snapping up huge tracts of agricultural land in poor Asian nations, in what activists say is a “land grab” that will worsen poverty and malnutrition. Global trends including high prices for oil and commodities, the biofuel boom and now the sweeping downturn are spurring import-reliant countries to take action to protect their sources of food.

The people’s hardship

There is no more fuel oil or gas to buy in the markets in the Gaza Strip. Flour, rice, sugar, dairy products and tinned food run short, too. The UN World Food Programme estimates that by now about 80 percent of the population rely on food assistance.