Irish Examiner view: War is pushing millions towards acute hunger

The war engulfing much of the Middle East is now causing the worst disruption to lifesaving human work since covid

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an area in Beirut's southern suburbs, on April 5. Picture: ibrahim Amro/AFP/Getty

Mon, 06 Apr, 2026 - 02:00

As Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu’s unnecessary, deadly, and expensive war against Iran continues into its second month — contrary to the wild predictions coming out of the White House — many other, innocent, victims are emerging as a result of the conflict. It has been revealed that the war is now causing the worst disruption to lifesaving human work since covid.

Amid seemingly impotent US Security Council resolutions demanding an end to the conflict, including Iran’s retaliatory strikes on neighbouring Gulf states, the net effect is that the war is pushing 45m people into acute hunger.