CNN —The top US humanitarian official said Wednesday it is “credible” to assess that famine is already occurring in parts of Gaza as the war between Israel and Hamas continues.
Although US officials have been sounding the alarm about the imminent risk of famine in the war-torn strip, USAID Administrator Samantha Power is the first official to publicly agree with an assessment that famine is already taking place.
The assessment is likely to fuel further calls for the administration to put restrictions on its military aid to Israel.
Power noted that “in northern Gaza, the rate of malnutrition, prior to October 7, was almost zero.
And it is now one in three, one in three kids.”“Food has not flowed in sufficient quantities to avoid this imminent famine in the south and these conditions that are giving rise already to child deaths in the north,” she said.
Persons:
Samantha Power, ”, Joe Biden, Israel, Antony Blinken, Power, “, Joaquin Castro
Organizations:
CNN, USAID, Foreign, Biden, Integrated, IPC, Democratic Rep, Gaza
Locations:
Gaza, Israel, States, ”