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Displaced Palestinians, including many children, wait in long queues to receive hot meals distributed by a charitable organization at Bureijj Refugee Camp in Gaza City, Gaza, Palestine on 18 May 2026. [Getty]
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Israel orders UN food agency to cut ties with Turkish NGO

IHH, or the Humanitarian Relief Foundation, is a Turkish NGO that provides humanitarian assistance and conducts search-and-rescue operations worldwide.

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22 May, 2026
Valerie Guarnieri, the World Food Program's Assistant Executive Director for Programme Operations, speaks during a press conference at the program's headquarters in Omdurman
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WFP says two top staff to be expelled from Sudan

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29 October, 2025
Food distributed to Palestinians in Gaza condemned to starvation by Israel
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Aid to famine-struck Gaza still 'drop in the ocean': WFP

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27 August, 2025
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US firm quits Gaza aid group GHF as evangelical named new head

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03 June, 2025
Displaced Palestinians gather to collect portions of cooked food at a charity distribution in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on May 19, 2025.
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Gaza siege 'unchanged' as Israel allows only token aid, say NGOs

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19 May, 2025
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Iran elected to WFP board despite 'grave abuses'

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14 April, 2022
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Ukraine conflict set to make more Yemenis hungry, WFP warns

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26 February, 2022
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UN reduces food rations for war-torn Yemen

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22 December, 2021
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UN says Ethiopia detains 72 WFP drivers in war-hit north

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10 November, 2021
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UN chief warns Afghanistan is 'marching to starvation'

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25 October, 2021
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Qatar's Gaza ambassador in enclave after aid deal

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03 September, 2021
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UN, Yemen rebels finalise agreement to resume food aid

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04 August, 2019