14 h. ago Middle East crisis live: WHO asks for more medical aid to be allowed into Gaza before Israeli offensive

World Health Organization says it needs to deal with ‘catastrophic’ health situation in Gaza before Israel moves to ‘take control’ of Gaza CityIn a post on X, Israel Defense Forces claim to have “debunked” what it called Hamas’s “starvation campaign” in Gaza.The IDF said that reviews of documents showed that most deaths by malnutrition in Gaza were linked to “severe pre-existing conditions” and that only a handful of the 133 deaths by malnutrition claimed by Gaza’s authorities in July could be “verified”. The post said that the “expert review concluded that there are no signs of a widespread malnutrition phenomenon among the population in Gaza”. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Joe Biden is complicit in Gaza’s starvation. Blood is on his hands | Mohamad Bazzi

At several points during his presidency, Biden could have stopped starvation from spreading in Gaza. He didn’t do thatIn March 2024, the global authority on food security warned that Palestinians were experiencing “catastrophic levels of hunger”, and famine was imminent in northern Gaza as Israel continued its siege of the territory. That report was one of the most direct warnings from the UN and international relief groups, which had been raising alarms about the potential for widespread starvation in Gaza since December 2023.Joe Biden was in the White House at the time, and his administration not only failed to heed those repeated warnings, but it worked to undermine UN agencies and humanitarian groups that tried to focus attention on Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza. Today, Donald Trump and his administration are deeply complicit in the human-made famine unfolding in Gaza, but it’s important to remember that US complicity predates Trump – and it’s another sta...

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3 d. ago ‘Restoring humanity’: Paris exhibition showcases 5,000 years of history in Gaza

Saved Treasures of Gaza aims to preserve territory’s historical identity against backdrop of war and famineAn exhibition tracing more than 5,000 years of cultural and archaeological history in Gaza has become a summer hit in Paris, as visitors flock to discover the heritage of this strip of land along the Mediterranean, whose multilayered past has been eclipsed by modern tragedy.While Gaza faces a humanitarian catastrophe of starvation and war, the exhibition, Saved Treasures of Gaza, at Paris’s Institut du Monde Arabe brings what curators called a sense of “urgency” to explain the rich history of a place that has been a crossroads of cultures since Neolithic times. Continue reading...

Culture

6 d. ago Israel pounds Gaza as occupation plans branded 'catastrophic'

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has clashed with military chiefs over Gaza re-occupation plans. Another 23 Palestinians have been killed since dawn in artillery and air strikes

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8 d. ago Haunting image of skeletal girl, 9, shows Gaza's 'catastrophic' hunger crisis

WARNING UPSETTING: Nine-year-old Maryam Duvvas looks agonisingly thin while receiving treatment at a hospital in Gaza for severe malnutrition as the UN warns of "catastrophic hunger" in Palestine

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8 d. ago Gaza's 'living skeletons': New shocking photo claims to show young Palestinian girl Maryam, 9, reduced to skin and bone

The disturbing images show the sickly thin nine-year-old Maryam Duvvas, who is currently receiving treatment at Patient Friends Association Hospital in Gaza City.

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8 d. ago Gaza's living skeleton: Young Palestinian girl is reduced to skin and bone amid food crisis

The disturbing images show the sickly thin nine-year-old Maryam Duvvas, who is currently receiving treatment at Patient Friends Association Hospital in Gaza City.

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3 w. ago King Charles turns 'hooligan' as he teams up with 'chavvy' brand Burberry to flog £2,500 coats

King Charles has teamed up with "chavvy" brand Burberry to sell £2,500 coats, as a move to shed the hooligan image that has haunted the label for decades

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