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Letter: Gaza food scarcity at precipice of catastrophe | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
An article in The Guardian newspaper on July 24 reported that now even international hunger aid staff are “fainting from hunger” in the streets of Gaza. Forty-five people died in about four days in Gaza hospitals due to starvation.
With the genocide of hunger, intentional, systematic and well organized against the children of Gaza, the State of Israel has hit hard all over the world, has erased borders and unified spirits. The spirits of the rulers of more than 100 countries, but also and, above all, the horror of those who at some point, today or not long ago, have been or wanted to be fathers and mothers. Faced with our impotence they are as mute witnesses of the extreme…
Israel knows how many calories Gazans need to survive, but the data shows how it has limited the entry of food into the Gaza Strip below the subsistence threshold.Why hunger in Gaza will leave sequels for generations The mathematics of hunger in Gaza is simple: Palestinians cannot leave, Israel has banned fishing and war has put an end to agriculture. That is, virtually all the calories in the Gaza Strip population have to come from outside. Isr…
Gaza Faces Starvation: Allies' Role Beyond Words
In the past two months, more than 1,000 people seeking food have been killed, according to the UN Human Rights Office. While the figure has been disputed by Israel and the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation which was set up to distribute aid, 28 nations this week condemned the “horrifying” killing of Gazans trying to get food. As the Israel Defense Forces continues its assault in the city of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, including an attack on the st…
Israeli figures show that food entering Gaza is not enough for subsistence levels. By Emma Graham-Harrison The mathematics of hunger in Gaza is simple: Palestinians cannot get out, Israel has banned fishing and war has put an end to agriculture. That is, virtually all the calories in the Gaza Strip population have to come from outside. Israel knows how much food is needed. It has calibrated hunger in Gaza for decades, calculating how many shipme…
[Herald Economy = Reporter Kim Soo-han] Israel has been calculating the food needs of the Gaza Strip for decades, yet in recent months, it has been confirmed that less than a quarter of the required amount has been allowed to enter. This suggests that even if the food distribution system had functioned normally, Gazans would not have been able to avoid mass starvation. Criticism that Israel is intentionally starving Gazans is expected to intensi…
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