Post by sevenofnine on Mar 19, 2024 12:14:19 GMT -5
Getting really this to famine if you believe international news
Food shortages will have long-term consequences, WFP's Germany director tells DW
DW spoke with Martin Frick, the director of the UN's World Food Program (WFP) Germany office, about the acute lack of food and other basic supplies in Gaza.
"People have tried everything to survive and everything they tried is now exhausted," Frick said, adding that people had eaten animal feed and grass to try to survive.
He warned that if nothing is done, "we will see more, particularly children, dying from hunger in Gaza."
He explained that a famine in Gaza would have long-term effects, particularly on children.
"A child that is not receiving enough nutritious food in the critical time of growing up risks being disabled for a lifetime," he said, adding that one in three children in Gaza is now acutely malnourished.
Frick said malnourishment in Gaza was due not to a lack of aid but rather a lac
www.dw.com/en/israel-hamas-war-warnings-grow-over-starvation-in-gaza/live-68611264
Food shortages will have long-term consequences, WFP's Germany director tells DW
DW spoke with Martin Frick, the director of the UN's World Food Program (WFP) Germany office, about the acute lack of food and other basic supplies in Gaza.
"People have tried everything to survive and everything they tried is now exhausted," Frick said, adding that people had eaten animal feed and grass to try to survive.
He warned that if nothing is done, "we will see more, particularly children, dying from hunger in Gaza."
He explained that a famine in Gaza would have long-term effects, particularly on children.
"A child that is not receiving enough nutritious food in the critical time of growing up risks being disabled for a lifetime," he said, adding that one in three children in Gaza is now acutely malnourished.
Frick said malnourishment in Gaza was due not to a lack of aid but rather a lac
www.dw.com/en/israel-hamas-war-warnings-grow-over-starvation-in-gaza/live-68611264
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