Corinne Fleischer, WFP’s director for these three regions, recently visited the Gaza Strip and Ukraine, about which she also informed journalists. She said that the increase in eviction orders issued by Israeli forces in Gaza and Due to the worsening situation due to the war, the UN food aid agency was able to provide food aid to fewer people in Gaza. This situation led to famine in the Gaza Strip. They are also hindering efforts to prevent them from taking root. Problems facing families Corinne Fleischer said that people in the Middle East have had to deal with the Arab Spring over the past 13 years, prolonged refugee crises, economic crises in some countries, and the war in Ukraine. Due to this, there is no relief. While the war in Ukraine has had a huge impact on food inflation, he said, “And on top of all this, we now have a regional war, and this has to be stopped because families can no longer cope.” Not only this, a senior WFP official visited Gaza in mid-July and stayed there for a week to take stock of the situation. Nearly 2 million people in Gaza are confined to a very small space. He has also seen people fleeing in chaos following Israel’s eviction orders. Corinne Fleischer said makeshift camps extend up to the water line on beaches, streets are packed with people, while shelters set up by UNRWA, the UN aid agency for Palestinian refugees, are packed. “There is absolutely no free space left in Gaza.” She also visited a UNRWA base where about 13,000 people were being held, with hardly any space to move around. Food aid to bakeriesCorinne Fleischer reported that the World Food Program (WFP) provided food assistance, bread and nutrition every month, despite immense challenges in Gaza and the West Bank.UN Food Assistance The agency is helping to keep the region’s commerce alive even during the war. However, humanitarian aid operations in Gaza have become more difficult, he said. Aid workers have to wait too long to get their convoys approved by Israeli authorities. One has to wait for time, and even after that they have to wait at many checkpoints. Roads are already destroyed, and in the coming winter, access routes will become even more impassable. Fatigue and Displacement in UkraineCorinne Fleischer, referring to Ukraine, said that she had visited the Sumy province a fortnight ago, and The situation is also very bad. There he met people whose homes have been destroyed and “you can see on their faces the fatigue of being displaced many times.” World Food Program – WFP Six She had left Ukraine a year ago but after Russia’s complete invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, she had to return there again for help. UN food assistance agency teams have delivered cash and food assistance to nearly two million people in Ukraine, mainly on the front lines.
