Hunger
Gaza aid shipments resume as Hamas backs down from extortion threats targeting private merchants
Merchants previously suspended truck coordination activities in protest of a tax threatened by Hamas, wherein the terror organization demanded payments of approximately NIS 10,000 per truck.
Doomsday preacher convicted of mass murder of 190 children, starvation deaths in Kenya cult case
World Food Programme cuts aid to 500,000 Palestinians in Gaza, citing funding shortages
Israelis aren’t afraid of Iran, they’re afraid of supermarket prices, Zelekha says - interview
UN rapporteur joins weekly hunger strike over Iran's execution surge and protest crackdown
“The death penalty is being used against people for exercising the rights of freedom of assembly, association, and expression, as well as their political rights,” she said.
Ex-UN director who protested Gaza famine challenges his dismissal
Benjamin Davis, 62, was one of the hundreds of employees who joined in moments of silence for hunger victims in Gaza.
Hunger increasing in Yemen, record number of people unable to meet food needs, WFP warns
Yemen is experiencing the most serious escalation between Saudi Arabia and the Iran-aligned Houthi group since a UN-brokered truce largely halted cross-border attacks in 2022.
UNICEF warns of severe child deprivation in Lebanon as displacement, economic tolls mount
“Without urgent and sustained action, an entire generation of children and young people risks carrying the scars of this crisis into adulthood,” UNICEF Lebanon Representative Marcoluigi Corsi said.
Climate change is stripping nutrients from food, global study with Israeli expert warns
"This is not a distant threat to health," Prof. Asaph Aharoni told the Post, saying up to two-thirds of the world's population already lacks essential micronutrients.
The mistake you make in the morning: Why are you hungry just an hour after eating?
Feeling hungry a short time after breakfast? It is possible that the problem is not with the amount of food, but rather with its composition.
The man who couldn't watch Israel throw its food away: The story of Leket Israel
From a leaky trunk to Israel's national food bank: Joseph Gitler on waste, "startup nation poverty," and feeding families after Oct 7.
World Food Programme slashes Syria aid, affecting 7.2 million as funding crisis deepens
The World Food Programme has halved emergency food aid in Syria due to funding shortages, leaving millions vulnerable despite signs of stabilization.
WFP warns tens of millions could face acute hunger if Iran war continues
The US-Israeli attacks on Iran that began on February 26 have choked up key humanitarian aid routes, delaying life-saving shipments to some of the world's worst crises.
About 6.5 million people in Somalia face acute hunger due to drought, government and UN say
Somalia declared a national drought emergency in November after years of failed rains, with the UN World Food Programme last week announcing cutbacks to its assistance.