21 h. ago UK demands Israel stop 'unimaginable' Gaza famine as children starve to death

The UK, Australia and other European states demanded Israel allow unrestricted aid into Gaza, describing the humanitarian suffering as "unimaginable" as another five Palestinians die of starvation

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22 h. ago Israel intensifies bombing of Gaza, killing 89 Palestinians in 24 hours

At least 15 people queueing for food among the deaths, and five people reported to have died from starvationIsrael has stepped up bombing Gaza, killing at least 89 Palestinians in 24 hours, including at least 15 people queueing for food, despite global outcry over the deaths of six journalists in the territory the previous day.Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City had intensified in the three days after Benjamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet approved plans to expand the war in the territory. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Starving Palestinian students 'left to die in Gaza warzone' as UK sets impossible test

Soha Abu Eid, a 31-year-old determined to study a nursing PHD in the UK in honour of her friend and colleague Fatima, has been blocked from taking up her place by UK Home Office requirements

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6 d. ago Only 1.5% of Gaza cropland left for starving Palestinians due to Israel’s war, UN says

Figure down from 4% in April, suggesting Israel has continued to target farmland in once-abundant Gaza StripIsrael’s destruction of Gaza has left starving Palestinians with access to only 1.5% of cropland that is accessible and suitable for cultivation, according to new figures from the UN.This is down from 4% in April, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), suggesting Israel has continued to target Palestinian farmland since initiating a complete blockade in early March, severely restricting aid from entering the Gaza Strip, where 2 million starved people are trapped. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago As I sit here in Australia watching Israel starve Palestinians to death, I can’t help but think it could have been me | Plestia Alaqad

I’ve tried to write this for a week now but can’t seem to find the right words. What words could ever be enough?Anne Davies: The huge Harbour Bridge march shows people have had a gutful of seeing starving children in Gaza. Politicians need to catch up“Why can’t I have a pomegranate?”The little girl’s question sank his heart. How would my colleague, Hatem, explain to his daughter that there are no pomegranates, and barely any flour? How will he explain that real people are doing this to her on purpose? Starving her little stomach as a weapon? Continue reading...

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8 d. ago ‘Wild and dangerous’ knifeman broadcast over 2,000 WhatsApp messages before ‘terror’ attack on innocent strangers

Jamal Walker-Bailey told police officers that he’d been ‘awake for five days without sleeping, watching nothing but videos of the Israel Palestine conflict’

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8 d. ago Social media images of Gaza cafes can’t hide truth: Israel is starving Palestinians

Pro-Israel posts point to a handful of cafes to claim 2 million people are not suffering hunger – despite Israel’s own dataIsrael’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his supporters have variously argued that there is no starvation in Gaza, or that if there is hunger it is the fault of Hamas – who they accuse of stealing aid – or the United Nations.In a recent interview with the New Yorker, Amit Segal, the chief political correspondent for Israel’s Channel 12, said he did not believe there was hunger in Gaza. Israel’s consul general in New York said that there was “no deliberate starvation in Gaza, only a deliberate disinformation campaign orchestrated by Hamas”. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Israeli forces kill at least 27 at food site while minister’s al

Six more people die from malnutrition, while Itamar Ben-Gvir is first minister to publicly pray at sensitive siteAt least 27 people were killed by Israeli forces while trying to get food and six others died from starvation or malnutrition in Gaza on Sunday, Palestinian officials said, amid a regional outcry over an Israeli minister’s visit to Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site.Witnesses said Israeli forces fired on hungry crowds who were attempting to get food aid from a distribution site run by the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) in the south of the territory, with some describing the fire as indiscriminate. Continue reading...

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