UN food agency warns Middle East conflict is pushing millions into hungerpushing millions into hunger
The UN World Food Programme said on June 5 that the Middle East conflict is driving up food prices and cutting aid as fuel and transport costs rise.
It said funding shortfalls are forcing agencies to scale back assistance, putting millions of people at greater risk of hunger. The warning matters because the effects are spreading beyond the region and could deepen an already global food security crisis.
- Food prices often rise faster than wages in low-income countries.
- The WFP won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2020 for combating hunger and supporting peace conditions.
- The Middle East sits on major shipping routes that help move grain, fertilizer, and fuel worldwide.
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Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to a 60-day ceasefire that mandates Israeli troop withdrawal from southern Lebanon while the Lebanese army deploys across all border crossings and the south.
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