{"id":42890,"date":"2024-05-04T12:04:55","date_gmt":"2024-05-04T12:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/04\/parts-of-gaza-are-in-famine-world-food-program-chief-says\/"},"modified":"2024-05-04T12:04:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-04T12:04:55","slug":"parts-of-gaza-are-in-famine-world-food-program-chief-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/04\/parts-of-gaza-are-in-famine-world-food-program-chief-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Parts of Gaza Are in Famine, World Food Program Chief Says"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The director of the World Food Program, Cindy McCain, says that parts of the Gaza Strip are experiencing a \u201cfull-blown famine\u201d that is rapidly spreading throughout the territory after almost seven months of war.<\/p>\n

Ms. McCain is the second high-profile American leading a U.S. government or U.N. aid effort who has said that there is famine in northern Gaza, although her remarks do not constitute an official declaration, which is a complex bureaucratic process.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThere is famine \u2014 full-blown famine in the north, and it\u2019s moving its way south,\u201d said Ms. McCain in an interview on Meet The Press<\/a> on Friday. The interviewer, Kristen Welker, asked Ms. McCain to repeat herself.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat you are saying is significant,\u201d Ms. Welker said. \u201cYou are saying there is full-blown famine in northern Gaza?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n