WFP Launches an Emergency Relief Operation for 800,000 Palestinians in Gaza, West Bank

The World Food Program (WFP) called for facilitating the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip through humanitarian corridors.

The UN program said that there should be no obstacles for its staff to be able to transport basic goods to the Strip.

This came in a statement published by the program yesterday, Tuesday, according to the Saudi Press Agency, SPA, which indicated that the WFP announced the launch of an emergency operation to provide food to more than 800,000 Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.

The statement pointed out that the Palestinians there lack food, water, and basic supplies and face difficult conditions, noting that aid and funding must be ensured to reach those in need urgently.

The statement continued that the program needs more than $17 million during the next 4 weeks to deal with this critical situation, noting that the World Food Program cooperated with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) to distribute ready-to-eat food supplies to 73,000 displaced people in shelters. in Gaza.