90% of children in Gaza have suffered from "food poverty," aid group says

Palestinians receive food at a displacement camp in Khan Younis, Gaza, on September 3. 

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Over the past 12 months, 90% of children in Gaza have suffered from “food poverty,” according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS).

“Human suffering should never be normalized,” the group posted to X on Saturday. “We must work towards ending this ongoing crisis.”

The World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday said no food has entered northern Gaza since the start of October, putting 1 million people at risk of going hungry.

On Wednesday, the WFP said in a report that the aid entering the strip has plummeted to its lowest level in months, forcing the organization to stop the distribution of food parcels in October. CNN had reached out to Israeli authorities and the military for comment on the lack of food entering northern Gaza since the beginning of the month but has not heard back.

Current operation in the north: The Israeli military is carrying out a widespread operation in northern Gaza, coming just weeks after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was reported to be mulling a plan to besiege the area to starve Hamas and force it to release hostages. Four sources have told CNN that the Israeli cabinet has not adopted the siege proposal put forward by retired Gen. Giora Eiland. But the operation currently underway bears resemblance to the plan presented by Eiland in a public video, and in private to the Israeli cabinet and the Knesset, Israel’s