WFP warns of deaths from hunger as Israel persists in blocking aid – Middle East Monitor

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip has reached a “critical point”, telling Al Jazeera that it has already depleted its remaining food stocks and is now unable to feed the population, the Palestinian Information Centre has reported.

WFP spokeswoman Abeer Etefa said on Wednesday that around 700,000 people used to receive meals each day from the programme, but Israel’s blocking of humanitarian aid…