GAZA (Palestine Foundation Information Center) The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has issued a dire warning about the deepening humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip, with its director of operations, Carl Skau, saying that people are dying simply while searching for food.
Skau, who has visited Gaza four times since the start of the genocide on October 7, 2023, said in a series of posts on X that the situation continues to worsen.
“The needs in Gaza today are greater than ever, and our ability to respond has never been so limited,” he wrote. “Hunger is spreading and people are dying just looking for food,” he added.
WFP teams operating in Gaza are risking their lives to deliver aid, often finding themselves caught in crossfire while escorting food convoys through active combat zones. Skau emphasized the increasingly desperate conditions facing both aid workers and civilians.
“We are running out of fuel, spare parts, and essential communication equipment. Our local staff are living in crisis and facing the same risks and hunger as all the people of Gaza,” he said.
Despite having sufficient food supplies and the logistical capacity to deliver them, the WFP is unable to meet the growing needs due to the ongoing Israeli blockade and bombardment.
Skau noted that during the previous temporary ceasefire from January 19 to March 1, 2025, the agency successfully brought 8,000 trucks into Gaza over 42 days — and is prepared to do so again if conditions permit.
“The delivery of aid requires security and the opening of all roads and entry points. The ceasefire must also be a step toward lasting peace,” he stressed.
The statement highlights the growing urgency as famine-like conditions spread across Gaza, fueled by the Israeli army’s systematic destruction of infrastructure and obstruction of humanitarian relief efforts.
