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The Society of Journalists at AFP warns that Gaza-based freelancers face absolute poverty and health deterioration, with one photographer lacking strength to work.
Dozens of international humanitarian organizations warned Israel’s blockade of aid into Gaza is endangering the lives of doctors and aid workers, while a major news agency says it is trying to evacuate its remaining freelance journalists because the situation has become “untenable.
More than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since May while trying to get food in Gaza, mostly near food sites run by an American contractor, the U.N. human rights office said.
Farrah, the director of pediatric and maternity care at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, details worsening conditions as humanitarian groups warn of mass starvation in Gaza.
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In a statement signed by 111 organizations, including Mercy Corps and Refugees International, the groups warned that mass starvation was spreading.
Close to 2,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in nearly a month in Gaza in what the U.N.’s Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific is calling a "nightmare of historic proportions.
Abdel-Jawad suffered from cerebral palsy and depended entirely on specialized nutritional milk and constant medical care. However, all these essentials were blocked from entering Gaza, leading to the deterioration of his health until he tragically died.
This is madness. We are running out of words to describe it. And the people of Gaza are running out of time,” says Chris Hayes on the dire aid situation amid Israel’s war on Gaza.