WFP Statement
GAZA, Palestine - 15 World Food Programme trucks were looted late last night in Southern Gaza, while en route to WFP-supported bakeries. These trucks were transporting critical food supplies for hungry populations waiting anxiously for assistance.
Hunger, desperation, and anxiety over whether more food aid is coming, is contributing to rising insecurity. We need support from the Israeli authorities to get far greater volumes of food assistance into Gaza faster, more consistently, and transported along safer routes, as was done during the ceasefire.
WFP cannot safely operate under a distribution system that limits the number of bakeries and sites where Gaza’s population can access food.
WFP and its partners must also be allowed to distribute wheat flour and food parcels directly to families - the most effective way to prevent widespread starvation.
As WFP has said previously, two million people are facing extreme hunger and famine without immediate action.
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The United Nations World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change.
