[[{"content_id":373599,"content_number":0,"portal_id":2,"lang_id":"en","content_title":"UNRWA: Over 40% of Gazans are severely food insecure","content_rtitr":"","content_short_title":null,"content_summary":"\"Over 40 per cent of Gazans are now severely food insecure, which means that they are regularly going a day without food,\" UNRWA affirmed in a new report, the Palestinian Information Centre reports.","content_summary_fill":1,"content_body":"&quot;After 16 years of a land, air and sea blockade, life in Gaza has become increasingly dire,&quot; UNRWA said.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&quot;The situation has been compounded by repeated cycles of hostilities, heightened tensions and violence, political instability and the COVID-19 pandemic. Together, these factors have destabilised the lives of individuals and communities and have further increased the hardships they are facing. Gaza is on &#39;life support&#39; with 80 per cent of the population dependent on humanitarian assistance,&quot; the UN refugee agency underscored.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&quot;Currently, three out of four Gazans rely on emergency food assistance &ndash; and, despite this support, the rate of food insecurity is rising.&nbsp;&nbsp; With exceptionally high poverty and unemployment rates, an already fragile humanitarian situation threatens to deteriorate further,&quot; it added.","content_html":"<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span dir=\"RTL\">&quot;<\/span>After 16 years of a land, air and sea blockade, life in Gaza has become increasingly dire,&quot; UNRWA said<span dir=\"RTL\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span dir=\"RTL\">&quot;<\/span>The situation has been compounded by repeated cycles of hostilities, heightened tensions and violence, political instability and the COVID-19 pandemic. Together, these factors have destabilised the lives of individuals and communities and have further increased the hardships they are facing. Gaza is on &#39;life support&#39; with 80 per cent of the population dependent on humanitarian assistance,&quot; the UN refugee agency underscored<span dir=\"RTL\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">&quot;Currently, three out of four Gazans rely on emergency food assistance &ndash; and, despite this support, the rate of food insecurity is rising.&nbsp;&nbsp; With exceptionally high poverty and unemployment rates, an already fragile humanitarian situation threatens to deteriorate further,&quot; it added.<\/span><\/p>","content_source":"","content_url":"","content_date_start":"2023-01-14 11:51:03","content_date_event":"2023-01-14 11:51:03","content_date_event_start":null,"content_date_event_end":null,"content_show_title_slider":1,"content_date_last_edit":"2023-01-14 11:52:44","content_date_register":"2023-01-14 11:52:44","content_columns":0,"content_show_img":1,"content_show_details":0,"content_show_related_img":0,"content_show_slider":1,"content_comment":1,"content_score":0,"tag_id":0,"score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"uid":43,"eid":0,"attach_title":"UNRWA: Over 40% of Gazans are severely food insecure","attaches":[{"sizes":{"150":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202301\/510712_1325228596_150_100.webp","300":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202301\/510712_1325228596_300_200.webp","400":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202301\/510712_1325228596_400_267.webp","600":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202301\/510712_1325228596_600_400.webp","900":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202301\/510712_1325228596_800_533.jfif","1200":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202301\/510712_1325228596_800_533.jfif"},"ext":"jfif","file_media":1,"token":1325228596,"files":{"original":{"url":".\/file\/2\/attach\/202301\/510712_1325228596.jfif","width":800,"height":533,"size":0}}}]}]]