The UN’s World Food Programme had the resources to end starvation in Gaza only if it gets security guarantees, the group’s executive director Cindy McCain stated on Thursday. “We have food supplies at the border and will be able to scale up to feed 2.2 million people across Gaza. But we must have security guarantees and sustained access to deliver safely,” Ms McCain said in an exclusive interview following her visit to the UAE and Gulf region.
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