NEW YORK, May 28, 2025 – The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) described on Wednesday the Gaza Strip as “the hungriest place on earth,” stressing that the UN “can get the aid in immediately.”
“Right now, nearly 180,000 pallets of food and other life-saving aid stand ready to enter Gaza, the hungriest place on earth,” Jens Laerke, OCHA spokesperson, told UN News.
He added that the supplies have already been paid for by the world’s donors, pointing out that “it is cleared for customs, approved and ready to move.”
“We can get the aid in – immediately, at scale and for as long as necessary,” he said, noting that time is running out very quickly, and lives are being lost every hour in the Gaza Strip.
He affirmed that the UN has a successful plan, as was evident during the ceasefire when tens of thousands of trucks entered the Strip and delivered aid to every person.
By deliberately starving the population, paving the way for forced displacement, according to the United Nations, Israel has pushed 2.4 million Palestinians to the brink of famine by closing the Gaza Strip’s crossings to humanitarian aid, particularly food, since March 2.
WAFA, 28.5.2025
