Akbar Shahid Ahmed is the Senior Diplomatic Correspondent for HuffPost, based in Washington, D.C. He can be reached at [email protected]. A native Pakistani, Akbar has reported from across the Muslim-majority world, Europe, Asia and the U.S.
A group of U.S. government humanitarian experts on Tuesday privately warned fellow officials that the spread of hunger and malnutrition in Gaza amid the U.S.-backed Israeli offensive is “unprecedented in modern history,” famine is likely already occurring in parts of the Gaza Strip and the pace of hunger-releated deaths will “accelerate in the weeks ahead.”
The dire internal analysis represents a shift from USAID’s last public comment on the matter, on March 18, which Additionally, “a growing visa backlog continues to limit the ability of humanitarian organizations to surge staff and personnel qualified to address famine and provide essential nutrition treatment in Gaza,” the cable says. At a separate point, it notes that more than 1,000 containers of flour purchased by the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East ― which could feed 1.
Jeremy Konyndyk, a former top USAID official in the Biden and Obama administrations, told HuffPost the Tuesday cable “seems right on the mark.” Would you join us to help keep our stories free for all? Your contribution of as little as $2 will go a long way.
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