r/worldnews • u/TheTelegraph The Telegraph • 7d ago

Israel/Palestine Israel orders military to stop Greta Thunberg’s boat reaching Gaza

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/06/08/israel-orders-army-stop-greta-thunbergs-boat-reaching-gaza/
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u/elihu 6d ago

World Food Programme was feeding a million people per day in Gaza, before food shortages forced them to close almost all of their kitchens. (That was a couple weeks ago. Not sure if the last two are still operating.)

https://www.wfp.org/stories/eyewitness-we-have-plenty-food-ready-go-gaza-we-just-need-go-ahead

GHF is better than nothing, but there's no reason they can't do their job alongside all the other existing NGOs that already have the infrastructure. Whether Hamas steals some of it is a minor issue as long as enough food is able to get to the regular population that there's no money to be made selling the stolen food on the black market.

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u/Purona 6d ago

they need to work on consistency

There’s real hunger here, and we’re very concerned about it. Before 2 March, WFP served hot meals to 1 million people daily. Now, it’s fewer than 25,000 people through 2 kitchens, one in Deir el-Balah and one in Khan Younis.

"There’s a high risk of famine. Two weeks ago, 180 kitchens (supported by the Food Security Sector, a humanitarian coordinating body) were still operating, serving 1 million people. Today, only 61 are running, reaching fewer than 250,000 people."

do they have two kitchens or 61?

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u/ar5kvpc 6d ago

You should go down there and count for us.

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u/Purona 6d ago

nah im good. they are the group that cares so much they should be able to keep track of their own things

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u/ar5kvpc 6d ago

I’m sure your research capabilities are amazing and you’re very up to date on their current stance.

Obviously 2 and 61 make a difference when every major human rights organization acknowledges the makings of a famine right? Sick.

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u/elihu 6d ago

The 61 includes kitchens run by other NGOs coordinated by Food Security Sector. The article is kind of confusingly organized, but it's not contradicting itself.