Geneva, Oct 17, 2025 (AFP) - UN says will 'take some time' to scale back Gaza famine

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2025-10-17

The United Nations said Friday it would take time to reverse a famine in the Gaza Strip and urged the opening of all crossing points into the war-shattered Palestinian territory. "It's going to take some time to scale back the famine," the UN World Food Programme's spokeswoman Abeer Etefa told a media briefing in Geneva, saying the WFP had five distribution points up and running but wanted to get to 145 in order to "flood Gaza with food". rjm/ag/......

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