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UN suspends food aid in northern Gaza
20 February 2024 13:26 GMT
The UN has announced the suspension of food aid in northern Gaza, after warning that the region is plagued by "chaos and violence".
The World Food Programme (WFP) resumed deliveries on Sunday after a three-week halt but said its convoy "faced complete chaos and violence due to the collapse of civil order."
“The decision to suspend deliveries to the northern Gaza Strip was not taken lightly, as we know that this means that the situation there will deteriorate further and more people will be at risk of end to die," said the agency.
The WFP warned on Monday that an alarming lack of food, rampant malnutrition and rapid spread of disease could lead to an "explosion" in the number of child deaths in the strip.