A global hunger monitor said on Tuesday that a famine scenario was unfolding in the Gaza Strip
PARIS: French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Friday that France is sending four flights carrying 10 tons of humanitarian aid to Gaza from Jordan.
“This is emergency aid but still not sufficient” in the face of this “revolting” situation, Barrot told broadcaster franceinfo.
A global hunger monitor said on Tuesday that a famine scenario was unfolding in the Gaza Strip, with malnutrition soaring, children under five dying of hunger-related causes and humanitarian access severely restricted.
There is still hope’: Pilgrims from war zones gather in Rome
Khader Qassis traveled 32 hours from the West Bank, passing military checkpoints across three countries
VATICAN CITY: Khader Qassis traveled 32 hours from the West Bank, passing military checkpoints across three countries, to join hundreds of thousands of other young Catholics in Rome for a week-long pilgrimage.
While Rome thronged with singing pilgrims, the 20-year-old from Bethlehem said he felt some guilt that he was in the cheerful Italian capital while starvation was spreading in Gaza, which has been besieged by Israel for months.
“It’s hard when there are people in Gaza dreaming just to eat and I’m traveling,” Qassis told AFP.
VATICAN CITY: Khader Qassis traveled 32 hours from the West Bank, passing military checkpoints across three countries, to join hundreds of thousands of other young Catholics in Rome for a week-long pilgrimage.
While Rome thronged with singing pilgrims, the 20-year-old from Bethlehem said he felt some guilt that he was in the cheerful Italian capital while starvation was spreading in Gaza, which has been besieged by Israel for months.
“It’s hard when there are people in Gaza dreaming just to eat and I’m traveling,” Qassis told AFP.
- John Smith