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Hundreds of thousands in Gaza 'catastrophically food insecure', says aid chief
Cindy McCain, executive director of the UN's World Food Programme, tells Sky News that aid groups need "urgent" access to ...
World Food Programme Director calls food situation in Gaza 'a catastrophe'
The executive director of the U.N. World Food Programme is urging that more aid be allowed into Gaza as Israel continues its ...
Humanitarian crisis in Yemen displacement camps worsens after WFP halts food distribution
The humanitarian crisis in displacement camps in Yemen has worsened after the World Food Programme halted food shipments and suspended their distribution, impacting various aspects of life for the ...
Nearly 80 aid trucks carrying food ransacked in Gaza Saturday, says WFP as famine worsens
Hunger has spread in Gaza, with UN agencies warning of impending famine without a drastic scaling up of aid entering the ...
White House NEC Director Kevin Hassett and World Food Programme Executive Director Cindy McCain, Sunday on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos"
White House NEC Kevin Hassett and World Food Programme Executive Director Cindy McCain will be on "This Week" airing on ...
Four Palestinians die in storming of UN food warehouse a day after gunfire at new Gaza aid site
Hundreds of Palestinians stormed a United Nations food warehouse in Gaza in a desperate attempt to get something to eat.
Food aid in Gaza looted hours after Palestinians overran distribution site
U.N. trucks delivering food to Gaza were stopped and looted overnight, Gaza residents and merchants said on Wednesday.
Gazan children wait for food in long lines as starvation looms
As the humanitarian crisis in Gaza continues to exacerbate, children sat in lines on the side of the road on Tuesday waiting ...
U.N. Condemns Israel’s New Aid Program in Gaza, After Chaotic Start
The new operation is intended to bypass both the United Nations and Hamas, but aid groups say even if it works as intended, ...
Live updates: Palestinians in Gaza grow increasingly desperate for food
Gaza's Health Ministry says at least one Palestinian was killed and 48 were wounded when gunshots were fired on a crowd that ...
UN: Haiti faces record hunger, food stocks are dwindling and warehouses sit empty
The World Food Program is facing a crisis of its own in violence-torn Haiti where hunger is raging and humanitarian needs are ...