World Central Kitchen returns to Gaza and delivers 50 million meals after deadly attack on seven of its volunteers

“We have about four hundred Palestinian members of the response body and hundreds more volunteers working to feed all the people of Gaza. It’s Palestinians feeding Palestinians,” Roth said.

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From WCK they are now trying to open a new supply route from Jordan, where boxes of prepared meals ready to consume immediately would enter, explained the WCK spokesperson.

For now, WCK is not developing its operations in northern Gaza, where it is more difficult for its convoys to reach from Egypt and where, according to Torpey, there are areas where people have “difficulty finding food and clean water.”

He also explained that, after the great international pressure on Israel after the attack on the WCK collaborators, “there is definitely a change in attitude” with the NGO and the Hebrew Army “seems more inclined to provide information” on the ground now. .

Before discontinuing operations in April, WCK had already distributed more than 43 million meals in Gaza, which represented 62% of all aid from international NGOs in the Strip, according to data from the entity.
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After the attack, José Andrés called for an independent investigation into the incident and unsuccessfully urged the United States, Australia, Canada, Poland and the United Kingdom, countries of origin of the deceased aid workers, to join this call.

Although the Israel Defense Forces took responsibility for the attack and said it had changed its policies, WCK is still seeking answers about an incident that occurred just after humanitarian workers oversaw the unloading of 100 tons of food brought to Gaza by sea.

At least 196 aid workers have died in Gaza since October, according to the United Nations.
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Likewise, Fews Net, the hunger early warning network that includes independent experts, said this Wednesday that Gazans in the northern Gaza Strip are “likely” already suffering from famine, but that the fighting and restrictions on humanitarian access prevent the collection of data in this regard.

“It is possible, if not probable, that famine already exists,” Fews Net said in a study, adding that this situation will persist at least until July unless there is “a fundamental change” in food distribution.

In the south of the enclave, where until the start of the Israeli ground offensive in Rafah a month ago there was a greater supply of food, the situation has worsened with the closure of the Rafah crossing, in addition to the incessant attacks and bombings of the concentrated Israeli Army in this area.

The Fews Net report argues that The military operation in Rafah “is seriously disrupting food distribution channels“and if this continues, the famine here will begin in about two months, at the end of July.
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