FAO, UNICEF, WFP, and WHO reiterate call for immediate ceasefire and unhindered humanitarian access to curb deaths from hunger and malnutrition.
Famine confirmed for first time in Gaza
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101 Gazans have died of starvation, 89 of them children – War on Gaza Day 655
Israeli forces killed at least 85 Palestinians in Gaza on Tuesday, including at least 31 aid seekers; teen killed in West Bank; world leaders condemn Israel’s man-made catastrophe
Israeli soldiers shot at Gazans holding white flags – War on Gaza Day 654
Israeli forces killed at least 60 Palestinians, including 11 aid seekers; water crisis in Gaza; settler rampages escalate in West Bank; Freedom Flotilla update; NEA leadership defies members on ADL vote; what makes a “savage”?; are bake sales antisemitic?
Israel has declared war on peacekeeping; Washington joins Israel in war on truth – Day 370
Israel is a threat to critically ill children in Gaza, to Palestinian and American journalists, to peacekeepers, to truth itself, and to human rights worldwide
UNRWA may be forced to shut down due to Israeli pressure – Day 113
Israeli accusations against UNRWA may result in Gaza’s total collapse; Israel targets telecom workers, kills another journalist; Int’l Court of Justice ruling demands that US stop weapons sales and financial support of Israel; Israel’s imposition of “buffer zone” in Gaza is a war crime; more on American Tawfiq Ajaq, killed in West Bank; other West Bank news; Senator Bernie Sanders calls for end to arms sales to Israel (but not permanent ceasefire); Israeli leaders call for dismissal of “morally incompetent” PM Netanyahu; see hearing of lawsuit vs Biden, Blinken, & Austin for complicity in genocide
Israeli siege causes vital medicines to run out in Gaza
A new report by the World Health Organization indicates Israel’s siege – imposed since 2007 – has affected Gaza’s healthcare system enormously.
MSF: 1,000 Gazans shot by Israel at risk of fatal infection
Palestinians in Gaza are dealing with more fallout from the blockade – and their protest against it. Now in addition to thousands of gunshot wounds from Israeli snipers, and their accompanying disabilities and amputations, many are at risk of infection. The healthcare sector is lacking in supplies thanks to import restrictions; patients can not go abroad for treatment thanks to visa restrictions.
One Israeli human rights org reports over 180 Palestinians killed (31 of them minors) and 21,000 injured.