Starvation
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Egypt has already rejected Donald Trump’s idea that it and other neighbouring countries take in Palestinians displaced from Gaza under his mass resettlement plan – which human rights experts say would amount to ethnic cleansing. The country’s foreign ministry has now talked about an “integrated vision” to remove rubble and rebuild Gaza. After foreign minister…
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The US rejects “any effort to starve Palestinians” in Gaza, the country’s ambassador to the UN has said. Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the UN Security Council that Israel’s words “must be matched by action on the ground”. “Right now, that is not happening. This must change, immediately,” she added. The US told its ally Israel on…
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The World Health Organisation has delivered fuel and medical supplies to two hospitals in northern Gaza. Its director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said al Ahli Arab and al Sahaba hospitals are “functioning” but with “limited capacity”. They “lack food, fuel, specialised staff, anaesthetic drugs, antibiotics and internal fixation devices”. The WHO’s top official said “sustained,…
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As the humanitarian situation worsens in Gaza and pressure builds for more aid to enter the enclave, the British foreign secretary has urged Israel to “confirm that they’ll open the port at Ashdod”. However, Ashdod is in Israel – around 20 miles north of Gaza – so even if aid was to flow into that…
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Earlier yesterday, the UK and the European Commission announced plans to create a maritime corridor to help aid reach Gaza. The project will be carried out with the help of several other countries, and comes after the US said it would build a temporary port in the besieged region to help aid efforts. Here’s what…
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Aid has been dropped using parachutes from an aircraft flying over the Gaza. The delivery came after US President Joe Biden announced that the military will set up a temporary port off the region’s Mediterranean coast to support deliveries. Efforts to ramp up aid deliveries have jumped dramatically as frustration in the United States and…
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A UN expert has accused Israel of destroying Gaza’s food system as part of a broader “starvation campaign”. Berating the UN Human Rights Council, special rapporteur on the right to food Michael Fakhri said: “The images of starvation in Gaza are unbearable and you are doing nothing. “Israel has mounted a starvation campaign against the…
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The Palestinian foreign minister claims that Israel is weaponising food and starving Gaza deliberately – claims an Israeli official rejected as “obscene”. The UN World Food Programme has previously said half of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million is starving. Israel has said it allows aid into Gaza via the Rafah crossing and announced the first…
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Oxfam says just 2% of usual food supplies have been delivered to Gaza since Israel imposed a total blockade on the region. The charity said starvation was being used as a “weapon of war” against Palestinians, as it renewed its call for more food and water, as well as other essentials such as fuel, to…
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The Washington Post condemned the Saudi-led coalition decision to tighten its blockade of Yemen: Saudi officials say the siege is meant to prevent what they claim was the smuggling of missile parts into Yemen from Iran. It has offered no proof of the rocket’s origin, and experts point out that Yemen is known to have imported Scud missiles…
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