Top US humanitarian official, Samantha Power, says it is credible to assess that famine is already occurring in parts of Gaza as the Israeli attacks on the area continues.
Although US officials have been sounding the alarm about the imminent risk of famine in the war-torn strip, Samantha Power, the administrator of the US Agency for International Development, USAID, is the first official to publicly agree with an assessment that famine is already taking place.Â
She noted that the rate of malnutrition in northern Gaza before the October 7 attacks was almost zero, but it now stands at one in three children.
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Her comments come as UNICEF says one of its vehicles was hit by live ammunition while waiting to enter northern Gaza from the south of the territory on Wednesday.Â
In a statement released on its X page on Thursday, UNICEF says the incident has been raised with relevant Israeli authorities.
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