{"id":2237437,"date":"2024-05-04T23:48:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-05T03:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/parts-of-gaza-experiencing-full-blown-famine-world-food-programme-executive-director\/"},"modified":"2024-05-04T23:49:31","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T03:49:31","slug":"parts-of-gaza-experiencing-full-blown-famine-world-food-programme-executive-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/parts-of-gaza-experiencing-full-blown-famine-world-food-programme-executive-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Areas in Gaza Facing Severe Famine, Says World Food Programme Chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fparts-of-gaza-experiencing-full-blown-famine-world-food-programme-executive-director%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2237437&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Cindy McCain, the executive director of the World Food Programme, \u2064raised awareness of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-biden-walks-back-gaza-ceasefire-claim\/\" title=\"Biden retracts Gaza ceasefire statement\">dire humanitarian \u2064situation<\/a> \u200din Gaza, referring to it as a &#8220;full-blown famine&#8221;\u200b amid the \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-reduces-support-for-s-arabia-in-another-boon-to-iran\/\" title=\"Biden reduces support for S. Arabia in another boon to Iran\">ongoing conflict<\/a> between Israel\u2063 and Hamas. This\u2062 information was shared through a link\u2062 that\u200c can be accessed for further details. Cindy \u200bMcCain, the executive director\u200b of the World Food \u2062Programme, highlighted the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-officials-call-talks-with-taliban-candid-and-professional\/\" title=\"US Officials Call Talks With Taliban \u2018Candid and Professional\u2019\">severe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">humanitarian crisis<\/a><\/a> in Gaza, labeling it a &#8220;full-blown famine&#8221; amidst the \u2062Israel-Hamas conflict. More information can be found through an accessible link for additional details.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Cindy McCain, the executive director of the World Food Programme, called attention to the humanitarian crisis in <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Gaza<\/a>, which she described as \u201cfull-blown famine,\u201d as the war between <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Israel<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hamas<\/a> is about to enter its eighth month.<\/p>\n<p>McCain, the widow of the late Sen. John McCain, sat down with NBC\u2019s Kristen Welker for an interview that will air on Sunday\u2019s edition of <em>Meet The Press<\/em> to discuss the worsening conditions in Gaza, which come amid a wave of pro-Palestinian <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/campus-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>protests on college campuses<\/a> throughout the United States.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I can explain to you is that there is famine, full-blown famine in the north, and it\u2019s moving its way south,\u201d McCain said. \u201cAnd so what we\u2019re asking for and what we\u2019ve continually asked for is a ceasefire and the ability to have \u2026 safe and unfettered access to get into Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Welker pressed McCain on the use of the word \u201cfamine\u201d because there has not been an official declaration, but she justified it based on what WFP workers have seen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s horror,\u201d McCain said. \u201cIt\u2019s so hard to look at, and it\u2019s so hard to hear, also. So I\u2019m so hoping that we can get a ceasefire and that we can begin to feed these people, especially in the north, in a much faster fashion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>McCain\u2019s comments come as news of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/2991435\/hamas-delegation-has-made-noticeable-progress-on-ceasefire-talks-in-egypt-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>noticeable progress<\/a>\u201d is being made in ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas. War has gone on uninterrupted since December 2023, when the last pause in fighting came to an end.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s also something that we need to make sure the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/transgender-nickelodeon-star-urges-children-to-cheer-on-trans-friends-as-they-express-themselves\/\" title=\"Transgender Nickelodeon Star Urges Children To \u2018Cheer On\u2019 Trans Friends \u2018As They Express Themselves\u2019\">world understands<\/a>: We can\u2019t let this happen,\u201d McCain said. \u201cIn this day and age, when the world has the ability to feed itself 10 times over, nobody should starve. Nobody should starve.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cindy McCain, World Food Programme&#8217;s executive director, highlighted the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza, labeling it as a &#8220;full-blown famine.&#8221; Amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict nearing its eighth month, McCain, widow of Sen. John McCain, discussed the crisis with NBC&#8217;s Kristen Welker in an interview<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2700,"featured_media":2237438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP23294326966466.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2237437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP23294326966466.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2237437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2700"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2237437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2237437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2237438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2237437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2237437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2237437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}