WHO representative in Palestine has condemned the snags holding up WHO operations around Gaza. / Photo: AFP
Compared to a few months ago,"definitely there is more basic food, more wheat, but also a little bit more diversified food on the market", he said. Dahir said food availability nonetheless remained"fragile" in Gaza and people trapped there also lacked the cash to pay for food in the markets. Israel unleashed its bloodiest-ever Gaza war on October 7, 2023, following an unprecedented attack on southern Israel by the Palestinian resistance group Hamas.
With or without a truce, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will send ground troops into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where humanitarian aid groups estimate 1.2 million Palestinians are sheltering.