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Residents of the Gaza Strip are facing widespread starvation as aid deliveries fall short of soaring needs. The majority of Gaza's population is experiencing food shortages, with some residents going multiple days without food, according to the World Food Program.
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In southern Gaza, half of the population is now fully dependent on food handouts, the U.N. says. Fatima Shbair/Associated Press
Residents of the Gaza Strip are facing widespread starvation for the first time in recent history, as Israel and the United Nations trade blame over why aid deliveries are falling short of soaring needs.
An overwhelming majority of Gaza’s 2.2 million people don’t have enough food, with residents often skipping meals and some not having any food for multiple days, according to the World Food Program, a U.N. agency.