Palestinian children scrape the bottom of a pot to get a portion of food at a food distribution center in Gaza, on June 27, 2025. (Credit: Bashar Taleb/AFP)
More than 100 humanitarian organizations, including Doctors Without Borders, several branches of Doctors of the World and Caritas, as well as Amnesty International, warned Wednesday that a "mass famine is spreading in the Gaza Strip." Gaza's Health Ministry released a statement Wednesday reporting that 10 people had died of hunger or malnutrition in the past 24 hours in the embattled enclave, "bringing to 111 the total number of people who have died of hunger in the territory since the start of the war." The day before, a hospital in the strip reported that 21 children had died from these same conditions within 72 hours, as cited by AFP. From imposed starvation to imposed thirst Gaza’s water crisis: Man-made disaster with lasting consequences What is famine? How is it defined, and what does international law...
More than 100 humanitarian organizations, including Doctors Without Borders, several branches of Doctors of the World and Caritas, as well as Amnesty International, warned Wednesday that a "mass famine is spreading in the Gaza Strip." Gaza's Health Ministry released a statement Wednesday reporting that 10 people had died of hunger or malnutrition in the past 24 hours in the embattled enclave, "bringing to 111 the total number of people who have died of hunger in the territory since the start of the war." The day before, a hospital in the strip reported that 21 children had died from these same conditions within 72 hours, as cited by AFP. From imposed starvation to imposed thirst Gaza’s water crisis: Man-made disaster with lasting consequences What is famine? How is it defined, and what does international...
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