WFP: The humanitarian situation in Gaza has reached an "unprecedented level of deterioration."

The World Food Programme said the humanitarian situation in Gaza has reached an "unprecedented level of deterioration," with people dying from food shortages.

The World Food Programme stated in a press release on Monday that approximately 90,000 children and women are suffering from severe malnutrition, while nearly a third of the population is deprived of food for days on end.

The programme expressed deep concern over the Israeli occupation forces' attack on aid workers yesterday, which resulted in the deaths of an unknown number of civilians simply trying to get food for their families amid the growing threat of famine.

He added that this attack came despite previous Israeli pledges to improve conditions for humanitarian convoys, including ensuring the absence of any military intervention.

The World Food Programme expressed its full commitment to its humanitarian principles of independence, neutrality, and impartiality, emphasizing that these principles form the foundation of the trust the agency builds with the communities it serves.

He stressed that the only way to contain the crisis is through a "massive increase in food distribution operations" to restore people's confidence and allay their fears. He called for an immediate ceasefire and ensuring safe, regular, and systematic access for humanitarian aid throughout the Gaza Strip.

The programme called on the international community to pressure all parties to ensure that aid reaches starving families inside Gaza safely and without hindrance.

According to medical sources in the Gaza Strip, 94 citizens waiting for humanitarian aid were killed yesterday, Sunday, bringing the death toll from the "death traps" since May 27, 2025, to 995 martyrs, 6,011 injured, and 45 missing.

It is worth noting that the ongoing Israeli aggression against our people in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, has so far resulted in the martyrdom of 58,895 citizens, the majority of whom are children and women, and the injury of 140,980 others, in a preliminary toll, as a number of victims remain under the rubble and in the streets, and ambulance and rescue crews are unable to reach them.