54 h. ago The Guardian view on the killing of Gaza’s journalists: Israel wants to stop the world from seeing what it’s doing | Editorial

This is the most lethal war for the media in recent times. A generation of journalists is being wiped outDay by day, the death toll rises, the war crimes mount, and the outrage grows. Last Wednesday, the pope demanded that Israel stop its “collective punishment” of Gaza’s population. A day later, António Guterres, the United Nations secretary general, warned that “the levels of death and destruction are without parallel in recent times”. More than 500 UN staff have pressed the human rights chief, Volker Türk, to call it genocide. Half of registered voters in the US have already concluded that that is what Israel is doing in Gaza.The agony is deepening. On Friday, the Israeli military declared famine-hit Gaza City to be a combat zone, intensifying its assault and ending “tactical pauses” that allowed limited – if utterly inadequate – food delivery. Many inhabitants are physically incapable of fleeing again, and fear that they would be no s...

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61 h. ago Voices: Gaza is proof the United Nations is no longer fit for purpose

Finally, the United Nations has declared a man-made famine in Gaza – but its inability to prevent it in the first place, or to offer meaningful assistance now to those who are starving, exposes a bankruptcy at the heart of the global order, says Ahmed Najar

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4 d. ago Boycott the banquet, send a tweet. But ending the horror in Gaza still relies on the worst people in the world | Marina Hyde

This humanitarian catastrophe is barely of passing interest to Donald Trump. The curse of our times is how little we can do about itDay 222 of Donald Trump’s presidency, and Russia’s war in Ukraine – which he promised to end on day one – shows no sign of having got the memo. This was not a single-use Trump promise; he made it at least 53 times. Yet the US president has failed to keep it, either literally or in his favourite manner: figuratively. Can you figuratively end a war? Not even, apparently.What his most recent round of failure means, however, is that Trump is pivoting back to another war, the grotesquely horrifying and unlawful humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Gaza. Not the way he’d phrase it, possibly. This week he swerved commenting on either Israel’s invasion of Gaza City or the mounting declarations that famine and starvation are clearly under way in the territory, and instead announced: “I think within the next two, three weeks, you’re going to have a pretty good, ...

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9 d. ago Declaration of famine in Gaza lays bare Israel’s disregard for humanitarian duty

The IPC’s findings that a quarter of Palestinians in Gaza are starving should mark an urgent turning point in this warThe declaration on Friday of widespread famine in Gaza by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) should mark a turning point in the war. The IPC, which represents a fastidious survey of available data, is regarded as the international gold standard in nutritional crises.Long-criticised by humanitarians in other emergencies for its overabundance of caution, the IPC’s declaration of Level 5 – “catastrophic” hunger – in Gaza is a significant moment. Famine, under the IPC’s exacting criteria, requires three critical thresholds to be passed: extreme food deprivation, acute malnutrition and starvation-related deaths, all of which are now visible in Gaza. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Israel launches fresh airstrikes on Gaza as it prepares to seize city after branding famine declaration an 'outright lie'

At least 25 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes and shootings in Gaza, with over half of the victims sheltering in tents when they died while others were seeking food from aid providers.

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1 week ago Famine is declared in Gaza City but Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu brands UN's claims an 'outright lie'

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification report said starvation in the Strip 'is present and rapidly spreading'. It warned the situation was 'entirely man-made'.

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1 week ago Holocaust survivors demand Israel stop starving Gaza children as famine declared

'As survivors of the Holocaust and Jews who escaped the Nazis we cannot remain silent as hunger and deprivation threaten the lives of civilians in Gaza,' signatories say

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1 week ago Famine in Gaza declared despite Israeli denials as UN calls it ‘moment of collective shame for world’

Britain blames Israel for ‘moral outrage’ over refusal to allow sufficient aid into Gaza

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1 week ago Israel furiously condemns 'Hamas lies' after UN report officially declared famine in Gaza

The famine was declared by experts at the Rome-based IPC, who said it affected 500,000 people in the Gaza governorate, which covers about a fifth of the Palestinian territory including Gaza City.

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1 week ago Famine declared in Gaza City as UN hits out at 'systematic obstruction' of aid by Israel

UN-backed body declares famine in Gaza City: ‘This is a moment of collective shame’

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1 week ago Gaza famine officially declared in 'deep stain on our collective humanity'

The official declaration of famine in Gaza 'is a deep stain on our collective humanity' says charity boss.

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1 week ago Famine set to be officially declared in Gaza for first time by UN

The system for classifying food insecurity has been used to declare just four famines since it was established in 2004Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has vowed to destroy Gaza City if Hamas did not agree to disarm, release all remaining hostages in the territory and end the war on Israel’s terms, reports AFP.He wrote on social media:Soon, the gates of hell will open upon the heads of Hamas’s murderers and rapists in Gaza - until they agree to Israel’s conditions for ending the war, primarily the release of all hostages and their disarmament,” the minister posted on social media.If they do not agree, Gaza, the capital of Hamas, will become Rafah and Beit Hanoun,” he added, referring to two cities in Gaza largely razed during previous Israeli operations. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Famine declared in Gaza City as Israel presses ahead with massive assault

UN-backed body is set to declare famine in Gaza City on Friday

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1 week ago Famine 'will be officially declared in Gaza City TODAY' by body responsible for monitoring world hunger

The international body responsible for monitoring world hunger will officially declare famine in Gaza City for the first time , it has been reported.

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