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Showing Original Post only (View all)Cindy McCain says her organization can feed 1.1 million people in Gaza, but Israel is hindering their efforts. [View all]
Last edited Sun Apr 7, 2024, 05:57 PM - Edit history (1)
Cindy McCain, representing the World Food Program, says the organization has enough food to feed 1.1 million people in Gaza for 3 months, but Israel is only allowing a trickle to enter. Innocents are literally starving
Were literally on the brink of going over the edge over the cliff with famine and not being able to recover from it, McCain said in an interview on CNNs State of the Union with Jake Tapper.
The remarks come as the situation in Gaza continues to grow more dire. Last month, the WFP published a report saying famine is imminent in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report, published last month, found about half the population in Gaza, about 1.1 million people, have exhausted all of their food supplies and are facing catastrophic hunger and starvation.
On Sunday, McCain stressed the importance of the border crossings, saying the WFP has food for 1.1 million people for three months amassed on the border and just needs to be let into the Gaza Strip.
McCain was unable to say specifically whether reports that Israel was withdrawing some troops from southern Gaza would make it easier to deliver aid to people who need it.
https://thehill.com/policy/international/4579349-cindy-mccain-says-gaza-on-the-edge-of-going-over-the-cliff-with-famine-and-not-being-able-to-recover/
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Cindy McCain says her organization can feed 1.1 million people in Gaza, but Israel is hindering their efforts. [View all]
Lunabell
Apr 7
OP
Limiting food for people in Gaza is by no means new. Israel has been doing it for many years.
David__77
Apr 7
#4
Hamas is not imbedded in the well-established organizations trying to feed Gaza.
MadameButterfly
Apr 7
#13
EEK!! Scary Humanitarians armed with food are attempting to feed starving people!!
Ping Tung
Apr 7
#12
She didn't say "only a trickle" is entering. She said they continue to deliver food and expect it to increase.
SunSeeker
Apr 7
#16
Why make shit up? Just state your rant and don't try attributing it to Cindy MCain.
SunSeeker
Apr 7
#30
So, I have to bring up every other issue about starving kids just to satisfy you?
Lunabell
Apr 7
#32
They said it was 1/100th of what is needed, not 1/100th of what she is trying to get in.
SunSeeker
Apr 7
#31
I'm not defending famine, that is ludicrous. Progressives shouldn't make shit up.
SunSeeker
Apr 7
#36