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Ebola outbreak is worsening food insecurity in eastern Congo, UN agency chief warns

The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo is worsening the region's food insecurity, according to the World Food Program's acting Executive Director Carl Skau who described the situation as a “crisis on top of a crisis.”

The Independent UK

WFP welcomes €695m donation from US as it warns acute hunger to worsen in 13 hotspots

The WFP has said it wants to reach 110 million people in the most acute need around the world this year, for which it would require €11 billion.

Euronews

UN food agency says millions are being pushed into hunger by Iran war

The U.N. food agency says millions of people are being pushed into acute hunger by the Iran war, as it warned would happen if the conflict escalated and oil prices remained high

The Independent UK

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US-Israel war on Iran driving historic levels of global hunger, UN says

Conflict and cuts in funding have left World Food Programme ‘taking from the hungry to feed the starving’

The Guardian - UK

The US-Israel war on Iran is wreaking havoc on food aid, with a new report exposing a crisis beyond belief

The United Nations is sounding the alarm, warning that the ongoing US–Israel war on Iran could push global hunger levels to an unthinkable new record. We’re talking about a potential staggering increase of 45 million more people facing acute hunger if the conflict continues through June.

The Mary Sue

Iran war could push global food insecurity to record levels, leaving 363 million people hungry

Analysis from the United Nations World Food Programme suggests that if the war in Iran continues until June, an additional 45 million people will be without enough food.

LiveScience

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.

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Israel turning Gaza into ‘graveyard of children and starving’: UNRWA chief

Since May, some 800 Palestinians killed at aid sites, most run by controversial US- and Israel-backed GHF, UN says.

Al Jazeera

‘Critical point’: UN pleads for fuel for Gaza amid Israeli blockade

‘Hospitals are rationing. Ambulances are stalling. Water systems are on the brink,’ UN humanitarian agency says.

Al Jazeera

Syria faces crisis and Gaza heads toward famine, World Food Program official says

The deputy executive director of the U.N. World Food Program has been on whirlwind visits to hotspots in the Middle East and Sudan to assess dire humanitarian situations and escalating demands for food from millions of people trapped or fleeing conflicts

The Independent UK

Four Israeli soldiers killed in Hezbollah drone attack – as it happened

US to deploy Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense battery and associated crew to help ally

The Guardian - AU

UN official appeals for Lebanon's ports and airport to be spared as Israel presses its offensive

A top United Nations official says that he is concerned that Lebanon’s ports and airport might be taken out of service, with serious implications for getting food supplies into the county

The Independent UK

50,000 Gaza children require urgent treatment for malnutrition: UN

UNRWA warns people in Gaza face ‘catastrophic’ levels of hunger because of Israeli restrictions on humanitarian aid.

Al Jazeera

Ahead of another donor conference for Syria, humanitarian workers fear more aid cuts

Syria's devastating civil war, now in its 14th year, remains largely frozen and so are efforts to find a viable political solution to end it

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Egyptian delegation in Israel to reignite Gaza truce talks

A delegation from Egypt arrived in Israel Friday in a bid to reignite stalled negotiations for a ceasefire in the Gaza war including the potential release of hostages, Israeli and Egyptian media reported. The signs of fresh truce talks came alongside Israeli preparations for a military push in Gaza's southern…

Al Jazeera

Flour massacre: How Gaza food killings unfolded, and Israel’s story changed

At least 112 Palestinians were killed after waiting for much-needed aid in Gaza.

Al Jazeera

‘Massacre’: Dozens killed by Israeli fire in Gaza while collecting food aid

Over 100 killed and 750 wounded after Israeli forces fired at Palestinians collecting food aid in Gaza City.

Evening Standard

Half of Gaza's population 'starving' says UN official amid desperate humanitarian crisis

Humanitarian efforts in the enclave are 'collapsing', a senior UN official has starkly warned

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Al Jazeera

‘People are starving’: WFP says humanitarian operation in Gaza ‘collapsing’

Top UN official says recent seven-day truce showed that humanitarian aid can be delivered if conditions allow.

The Independent UK

Halted Ukraine grain deal, funding shortages rattle UN food aid programs

A halted landmark grain deal that allowed Ukrainian grain to flow to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia is rattling the operations of the United Nations food agency, its deputy executive director said

The Independent UK

UN says it's forced to cut food aid to millions globally because of a funding crisis

The United Nations says it has been forced to cut food, cash payments and assistance to millions of people in many countries because of “a crippling funding crisis” that has seen its donations plummet by about half as acute hunger is hitting record levels

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