Gaza starvation warning from aid agencies
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Dozens of international humanitarian organizations warned Israel’s blockade of aid into Gaza is endangering the lives of doctors and aid workers, while a major news agency says it is trying to evacuate its remaining freelance journalists because the situation has become “untenable.
The U.N. human rights office says more than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed since May while trying to get food in the Gaza Strip.
In a joint statement, leading organisations including Doctors Without Borders, Amnesty International and Oxfam said that famine is widespread across Gaza. View on euronews
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The Times of Israel on MSNIsrael denies Gaza famine claims, says aid is entering Strip but not being distributedGaza side of border, COGAT says, blaming UN bottleneck; offical says 'we have not identified starvation,' Hamas exploiting humanitarian situation to pressure hostage talks The post Israel denies Gaza famine claims,
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With fuel prices exorbitant and road travel treacherous in the war-battered Gaza Strip, AFP video journalist Youssef Hassouna has to walk for hours in the searing heat every day just to document the news.
Food situation so dire that every day question arises whether patients in hospitals we support, medical staff who care for them, will be able to eat anything at all,' says medical charity - Anadolu Aj
The evacuation order has cut off the coastal area of Al Mawasi, where thousands of Palestinians are living in tents, from the city to the rest of central Gaza, where most humanitarian organizations in the Strip are headquartered, according to a visual analysis by ABC News.
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U.N. officials, aid groups and experts have warned for months that Palestinians in Gaza are on the brink of famine without formally declaring one.