Gaza’s humanitarian crisis has reached a heartbreaking low. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) calls the situation “beyond catastrophic,” with more people killed or injured along aid convoy routes and even inside shelters.
Medics struggle to reach those in need as Israel continues to bar many medical teams. OCHA reports that only a few commercial trucks made it in on Tuesday, carrying rice, sugar and vegetables — basics that folks here haven’t seen in weeks.
Shockingly, a two-ounce (57 g) bag of sugar now costs around $170, and staples like eggs, poultry and meat have all but disappeared 🥲.
The Gaza Ministry of Health confirmed five new malnutrition-related deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the total to about 200, half of whom were children 😢.
Fresh data from a July 28 FAO satellite survey shows that just 1.5% of Gaza’s farmland — roughly 2.3 sq km — is both accessible and undamaged. Another 12.4% is intact but unreachable, while a staggering 86.1% lies in ruin 🌾🚜.
FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu warns that Gaza is on the brink of a full-scale famine. “People are starving not because food is unavailable, but because access is blocked, local agrifood systems have collapsed, and families can no longer sustain even the most basic livelihoods,” he said. “The right to food is a basic human right.”
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Gaza situation 'beyond catastrophic,' only 1.5% farmland usable: UN
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