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A senior Biden official said Wednesday that famine is underway in the Gaza Strip as Israel presses forward with its war against militant group Hamas. Humanitarian aid groups have been warning for weeks that a famine is looming in Gaza amid a lack of food, water and other necessary goods. Samantha Power, the director of…

The head of the U.S. Agency for International Development made the acknowledgement ― the most significant from the Biden administration ― after she was asked about a HuffPost story on Wednesday.

International pressure has led Israel to agree to let in more aid after seven charity workers were killed.

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“The food production system has been completely obliterated, and the lack of entry of emergency aid within a short time has created a free fall,” a United Nations official said.

Jens Laerke, a spokesman for the UN’s humanitarian agency, emphasized the disproportionate denial of food convoys, particularly in the northern region where 70 per cent of the population is confronting famine conditions. He underscored that food convoys are three times more likely to be denied clearance compared to other humanitarian shipments. - Newsx

Israel promised last week to open a border crossing and a port to aid shipments, but neither change has occurred. Israeli and U.N. officials also disagree on how many aid trucks are reaching Gaza.

Famine has been projected to arrive in the north of Gaza “anytime between mid-March and May 2024."

The UN World Food Program (WFP) says children are starving to death in Gaza amid the Israeli regime’s devastating war on the besieged territory.

Regional tensions have threatened to draw the Middle East into a wider conflict as Israel’s war against Hamas marks six months.