US EditionDoctors Warn of Man-Made Famine in Gaza
GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE, JUL 25 – The World Health Organization reports over 113 Palestinians have died from starvation due to Israel's blockade, causing widespread malnutrition and a collapsing health system in Gaza.
- On Wednesday, the World Health Organization declared Gaza is suffering from mass starvation, and it is man-made, highlighting the severity of the crisis.
- Israel’s blockade has lasted more than 80 days straight, with no aid convoy reaching northern Gaza between March and late May, Judge Iwasawa noted.
- In recent weeks, 111 Gazans, many children, have died from hunger-related causes, according to WHO, and doctors report food shortages leave them too weak to treat patients.
- Despite mounting outcry, Brazil, France, Ireland and South Africa call for aid and ceasefire, but the blockade persists.
- Under international law, Tedros warned that death tolls will soar unless aid is fully permitted, highlighting breaches of Article 54 of Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions, the Rome Statute, and child rights conventions.
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The Civilized World Must Act Immediately over Mass Starvation in Gaza
Over 23 horrific months the people of Gaza (47% children before the present Gaza Massacre) have suffered bombing, shooting, burying under rubble, near-total devastation of homes and infrastructure, and substantial deprivation from water, food, shelter, fuel, electricity, medicine, and medical care. The mass murder of 680,000 Gazans by violence and imposed deprivation has now transmuted to man-made famine and mass starvation that has galvanized…
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