May 19, 2025
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) expressed alarm on Monday over the increasing risk of famine in the Gaza Strip, where “two million people are starving,” according to him.
“The risk of famine in Gaza is escalating due to the deliberate withholding of humanitarian aid, including food, as part of the ongoing blockade,” stated WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during the opening of the annual meeting of the organization’s member states in Geneva.
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