Parts of Gaza at risk of famine according to World Food Program

The World Food Program is warning that parts of Gaza are at risk of famine. The United Nations agency says very little food has made it past southern Gaza since the conflict began. Israel claims it has placed no restrictions on aid deliveries. But aid workers accuse Israeli forces of blocking access to some areas. The Hamas-run health authority in Gaza says more than 25,000 palestinians have been killed in the war.

Is there a broader meaning behind the WFP’s Nobel Prize?

 

The 2020 Nobel Peace Prize highlights an agency working at the intersection of war and hunger.

It works extensively in war zones and with refugees around the world.

In highlighting the agency’s work, the Norwegian Nobel Committee cited it as a “driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict”.