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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Bel Trew and Nedal Hamdouna

Inside Gaza’s deepening food crisis: ‘No one is spared’

  • Gaza is experiencing a deepening food crisis, with Palestinian health officials reporting at least 111 hunger-related deaths, including 80 children, mostly in recent weeks.
  • Doctors at Shifa Hospital report children dying from malnutrition and their own staff fainting from hunger, highlighting the severe lack of food and baby formula. The head of the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency said “no one is spared” among doctors, nurses, journalists and humanitarians.
  • Over 1,000 Palestinians have reportedly been killed by Israeli forces while attempting to access food aid, with incidents of aid convoys and distribution points coming under fire.
  • More than 100 human rights groups and charities are demanding increased aid for Gaza, while international leaders are pressuring Israel to end the conflict.
  • Aid agencies and civilians on the ground confirm the dire situation, with soaring food prices, depleted aid stocks, and humanitarian workers and journalists also facing starvation.

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