Aid to famine-struck Gaza still ‘drop in the ocean’: WFP

The World Food Programme warned Tuesday that the aid Israel is allowing to enter Gaza remains a “drop in the ocean”, days after famine was formally declared in the war-torn Palestinian territory.

The United Nations declared a famine in Gaza on Friday, blaming the “systematic obstruction” of aid by Israel during its nearly two-year war with the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

Carl Skau, WFP’s chief operating officer, said that over the past two weeks, there has been a “slight uptick” in aid…