UN: Gaza faces widening displacement and hunger; UN says aid ready if blockade lifted

United Nations spokesperson Farhan said at a U.N. press briefing that recent Israeli military displacement orders and a continuing blockade are deepening humanitarian needs across the Gaza Strip and leaving millions at acute risk of hunger.

Farhan said preliminary estimates show a newly impacted area from recent displacement orders is home to about 100,000 people and that separate orders have affected 30 sites for internally displaced people, six temporary learning spaces serving roughly 700 students, and several water and sanitation facilities. "We have a solid and principled operational plan to deliver humanitarian aid and life-saving services at scale... Time is of essence to prevent further death," he said.

Nut graf: The U.N. and humanitarian partners say access is the immediate bottleneck. OCHA (the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) told the briefing it has roughly 9,000 truckloads of supplies staged to enter Gaza, more than half of them food. The U.N. warned that until…