Archive for December 22nd, 2023

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22/12/2023

Catastrophic Shortage of Food in Gaza—Starvation as a Weapon of War

Human Wrongs Watch

By Thalif Deen

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 22 2023 (IPS)* – As the killings of civilians in Gaza rose to over 20,000, the besieged city—which has been virtually reduced to rubble by Israeli bombardments—is also being ravaged by hunger and starvation.

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A family cooks a meal in a temporary accommodation in the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital. Credit: WFP

In new estimates released on December 21, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a global partnership that includes the World Health Organization (WHO), said Gaza is facing “catastrophic levels of food insecurity,” with the risk of famine “increasing each day.”

An unprecedented 93% of the population in Gaza is facing crisis levels of hunger, with insufficient food, and high levels of malnutrition.

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22/12/2023

Injured Patients ‘Waiting to Die’ in Northern Gaza as Last Hospital Shuts Down

Human Wrongs Watch

(UN News)* — There are no functioning hospitals in the north of Gaza and injured patients who need surgery and cannot be moved are “waiting to die”, the UN health agency said on Thursday [], in a plea for a ceasefire to allow more aid into the shattered enclave.

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A 3-year-old boy, whose house was bombed, recovers in Nasser hospital after the amputation of part of his right leg.
© UNICEF/Abed Zaqout | A 3-year-old boy, whose house was bombed, recovers in Nasser hospital after the amputation of part of his right leg

The latest grave assessment from the World Health Organization (WHO) came after UN teams reached Al Ahli Arab hospital and Al Shifa hospital on Wednesday, amid reports of intensifying ground operations by Israeli Defense Forces and continuing airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, in response to Hamas’s 7 October terror attacks on southern Israel.

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