Gaza, Israel and famine
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Hospital officials say Palestinians sheltering in tents or seeking scarce food aid were among at least 25 people killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza.
"An entire population is being pushed into starvation, destitution, and death,” said Belgium's Deputy Prime Minister.
Palestinians sheltering in tents or seeking food were among at least 25 people killed by Israeli strikes and shootings in Gaza, medics said, as the world confronts an exceptional announcement that famine is now gripping its largest city.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz warned that Gaza city could "turn into Rafah and Beit Hanoun" unless Hamas agrees to Israel's terms.
ISRAEL has warned “the gates of hell will open” in Gaza if Hamas refuses to release all of the remaining hostages. The country angrily dismissed a report that officially declared a
For an area to be experiencing famine, at least 30 percent of children under 5 must be considered acutely malnourished by height and weight measures. Using the arm circumference method, the I.P.C. said, the accepted threshold dropped to 15 percent.
IN a world increasingly driven by narratives rather than facts, truth often becomes the first casualty of war. Nowhere is this more tragically evident than in the grotesque misinformation campaign alleging a starvation in Gaza,