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WFP food aid pauses as U.S. blocks another U.N. resolution on Gaza

Aid workers witnessed 'unprecedented levels of desperation,' confirming Gaza’s 'precipitous slide into hunger and disease.'

Some 15% of children under the age of 2 are acutely malnourished in northern Gaza.
Some 15% of children under the age of 2 are acutely malnourished in northern Gaza. (AN/PRCS)

The U.N. emergency food relief agency halted deliveries to northern Gaza due to safety concerns. Meanwhile, the United States for the third time vetoed an Arab resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war.

The World Food Program said on Tuesday it won't provide food in Gaza Strip's north until conditions are restored that allow for safe deliveries. That's raising starvation fears because nutrition screenings found 1-in-6 children under the age of 2 are acutely malnourished there.

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