The United Nations officially declared a famine in Gaza on Friday, blaming “systematic obstruction of aid” by Israel, hours after Defence Minister Israel Katz threatened to destroy the territory’s largest city.
Israel denied there was a famine, with the foreign ministry saying the report was “based on Hamas lies laundered through organisations with vested interests”.
The Rome-based IPC, a body of UN-backed experts, said in a new report that famine was affecting 500,000 people in the Gaza…
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News Source: www.al-monitor.com
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