Gaza, Israel and Palestinians
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The head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees warned that airdrops are 'expensive, inefficient and can even kill starving civilians' and won’t reverse the increasing starvation.
The local pause in fighting came days after ceasefire efforts between Israel and Hamas appeared to be in doubt.
The humanitarian aid has to start immediately. It is within Israel’s capability to do that. There is no excuse if they don’t,' says Dick Durbin - Anadolu Ajansı
The Israeli government is defending a top military officer who dismissed images of starving Palestinians as “fake” over the weekend, despite President Trump stating Monday that he believes the pictures are real.
Two prominent Israeli rights groups say their country is committing genocide in Gaza. It's the first time that local, Jewish-led groups have made such accusations against Israel during nearly 22 months of war.
Israel says it is fighting against Hamas, not Palestinians as a group. But two of Israel’s best-known rights groups — long critical of Israeli policy — now say they disagree.
A pair of leading Israeli human rights groups has accused Israel of “committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza,” becoming the first such organizations to make the claim.
"In August and September, there are probably still going to be ... large numbers of deaths because children have already passed the tipping point," Mark Brauner, who volunteered in Gaza last month, told HuffPost.
Humanitarian organizations continue to sound the alarm of an impending famine if the situation on the ground in Gaza continues, with little aid allowed into the region by Israel.
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