Conflict and lawlessness hamper food aid delivery in Gaza: WFP

By UN News

Jun 14, 2024 8:33 am

Escalating fighting in the south and centre of Gaza makes it near-impossible for humanitarians to deliver desperately needed food aid, the Deputy Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), Carl Skau, said on Friday at the end of a two-day mission to the enclave.

'Driving through Gaza City to Jabalia, the destruction is unbelievable. In the North of Gaza, I didn't see one single building intact and there was constant shelling with drones buzzing overhead,' he said.

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