Aid groups warn of starvation in Gaza
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Doctors and aid workers inside Gaza are reporting the highest levels of malnutrition in children they have ever seen as the hunger crisis reportedly continues to worsen.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is calling for Israel’s control of aid distribution to be replaced amid reports of mass starvation in Gaza.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney condemned the Israeli occupation's deliberate obstruction of the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip.In a post on the
An internal U.S. government analysis found no evidence of systematic theft by the Palestinian militant group Hamas of U.S.-funded humanitarian supplies, challenging the main rationale that Israel and the U.
Not a single bullet was fired,” Adraee wrote, “The civilians began welcoming and cheering for our soldiers, as if they saw in them life after darkness. ” IDF Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee shared footage of Gazans cheering as they safely receive humanitarian aid,
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the situation in Gaza has gone beyond the world’s worst fears as hopes of a truce between Israel and Hamas have been dashed.
Ciarán Donnelly, who oversees the International Rescue Committee’s work in Gaza, explains how “insufficient” and “dehumanizing” the aid crisis is for residents. He tells CNN’s Brianna Keilar they lack critical permissions to share more supplies with civilians in desperate need.
Since May the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a private Israeli-backed group, has managed a system to distribute aid with far fewer distribution points than the previous U.N.-operated system.
"The prolonged suffering of innocent civilians in Gaza arising from the excessive Israeli military reaction to the terror attacks of Hamas since Oct 7, 2023, is unconscionable," said Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip wait at the border gate in Rafah, Egypt, on Oct. 21. (Mohammed Asad / Associated Press) By Andy Dwonch. Dec. 1, 2023 3:01 AM PT .
Mark Carney called Israel’s handling of humanitarian aid in Gaza “a violation of international law” and that Canada condemns the Israeli government’s failure to prevent the “rapidly deteriorating” disaster in the region.
Twenty-one months into Israel’s war in Gaza, the enclave is gripped by escalating scenes of death and hunger, with some killed while trying to reach aid, others dying of starvation and growing condemnation of Israel’s conduct even among many of its closest allies.