Hunger

WFP warns tens of millions could face acute hunger if Iran war continues

The US-Israeli attacks on Iran that began on February 26 have choked up key humanitarian aid routes, delaying life-saving shipments to some of the world's worst crises.

Afghan men queue to receive packages of fortified biscuits distributed by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) organisation in the Laja Mangal district of Paktia province on March 16, 2026.
Internally displaced Somali men pray before Iftar outside their makeshift shelter after fleeing drought in the Lower Shabelle region to the camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, February 20, 2026.

About 6.5 million people in Somalia face acute hunger due to drought, government and UN say

An Israel Prison Service officer at Ketziot Prison watches as Palestinian prisoners are prepared for release in exchange for Israeli hostages held by Gazan terrorists, February 26, 2025; illustrative.

'We are never full': Palestinian prisoners claim they received little food in Israeli prisons

Buildings lie in ruins amid the rubble in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, December 8, 2025.

'Apocalyptic wasteland': Biden admin. blocked warning on deteriorating Gaza situation after Oct. 7


NY Masbia soup kitchen now operates 24 hours a day to meet huge demands

"It's heartbreaking that this is necessary. But the need has become so great that we could not continue operating like we did even a few months ago," said a Masbia board co-chairman.

Mana Hama soup kitchen preparing meals for delivery during the coronavirus pandemic

Meet Viki Slavin, a hi-tech champion who feeds the hungry during COVID-19

After sleeping at the Moscow airport as a Jewish child in the USSR seeking to come to Israel, Slavin is the head of her own hi-tech company.

Co-founder of ProdOps Viki Slavin

Likud Minister Hanegbi says complaining of hunger is 'populist bulls**t'

The minister-without-portfolio's page on Wikipedia was changed temporarily to open with the words "Tzachi Hanegbi is a corrupt, opportunistic pig."

After saying that complaining of hunger is "populism" and "bullshit," Minister Tzachi Hanegbi's Wikipedia page was changed.

Syria's hunger crisis worsens, COVID outbreak could intensify -UN

The World Food Programme (WFP) told a briefing in Geneva that the number of people short of essential foodstuffs had risen by 1.4 million in the past six months.

Wounded children are seen in a hospital in the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria February 23, 2018.

More Yemeni children face malnourishment amid aid shortage, coronavirus

Tens of thousands of people have died, many of them civilians, and the ensuing humanitarian crisis has been called the worst in the world.

A displaced Yemeni boy is seen at a refugee camp located between Marib and Sanaa, Yemen March 29, 2018.

Food is not simply sustenance

I wanted people to feel the emotional bond that food can convey, the delight in the tastes of their childhood...

The care and sense of security that goes into providing someone with a healthy meal is what drives Soni Winer in her work with NEVET

Without cash, next round of rockets is coming soon - analysis

The rounds of violence keep on taking the Israelis by surprise, although there is nothing surprising about them.

A Palestinian girl looks out of a classroom window as she attends a lesson on the first day of a new school year, at a United Nations-run school in Khan Young in the southern Gaza Strip

The Smiling Face of Meir Panim

Israel's largest assistance network puts up impressive numbers for helping the needy. Yet, while the statistics are remarkable, the meaning behind Meir Panim’s mission is even more noteworthy.

Meir Panim celebrates Purim

How Israeli scientists are saving crops

Researchers at Israel's Weizmann Institute found a sustainable way to eliminate a parasitic crop killer that caused hunger and famine in sub-Saharan Africa.

Researchers help plants at the Weizmann Institute of Science

'Catastrophic' risk of death for 300,000 Yemeni children trapped by attack

The biggest battle in a three-year war, which has already created the world's biggest humanitarian crisis, centers on Hodeidah.

A displaced Yemeni boy is seen at a refugee camp located between Marib and Sanaa, Yemen March 29, 2018.