The United Nations said Friday it would take time to reverse a famine in the Gaza Strip and urged the opening of all crossing points into the war-shattered Palestinian territory.

Axar.az reports, citing Al Arabiya, “It’s going to take some time to scale back the famine,” the UN World Food Programme’s spokeswoman Abeer Etefa told a media briefing in Geneva, saying the WFP had five distribution points up and running but wanted to get to 145 in order to “flood Gaza with food.”

The UN World Food Programme has brought in about 560 tonnes of food per day on average into Gaza since ceasefire began, but it is still below what is needed, she said.

“We’re still below what we need, but we’re getting there... The ceasefire has opened a narrow window of opportunity, and WFP is moving very quickly and swiftly to scale up food assistance,” Etefa told reporters.