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HIGHLIGHTS
• Repeated security incidents on humanitarian staff and supplies reflect a systemic failure that continues to obstruct humanitarian efforts and exacerbates the suffering in such a critical period. Last month, WFP reached some 1.5 million people in Gaza, the majority with only one bag of 25-kg wheat flour per family. This month, WFP is not able to start food distributions due to lack of sufficient supplies.
• For weeks now, nearly every movement of aid through Gaza southern crossings was subject to violence, and tragic deaths due to attacks and looting. Distributions rely fully on what comes in through the borders, and if more aid is not safely delivered inside Gaza, hot meals also risk shut down within days.
• WFP continues its effort to bring life-saving aid to the population, which continues to face a risk of famine, and appeals to all parties to the conflict to uphold their obligations under international humanitarian law, specifically to enable the protection of the civilian population, and safe passage of the humanitarian assistance they require for survival. Above all, a ceasefire is needed.