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According to a food survey conducted by humanitarian aid groups in May, 85 percent of children under 5 were deprived of food at least one day over a three day period. Official death counts reported by Gaza’s government do not include deaths by starvation; at least 30 children have been recorded starving to death in Gaza so far.

Since May 6, when Israel seized and closed the main humanitarian aid crossing into Gaza, only about eight trucks of aid have entered on average each day — or about 1 percent of the 500 to 600 trucks that the UN has said need to enter each day in order to meet Palestinians’ needs.

Two weeks ago, the UN reported that its food and tent storage warehouses in Gaza are empty because of Israel’s blockade; now, families are reporting having to pay $700 just for a basic tent that they would then have to pitch in cemeteries due to overcrowding.

Over a million people have fled Rafah as Israel carries out its invasion, fleeing to nearby Khan Younis, Al-Mawasi and Deir al-Balah, Oxfam reports. As a result, two-thirds of Gaza’s population, or 1.7 million people, have now been forced into an area that’s less than one-fifth of the area of the Gaza strip — an area that Israeli forces have been bombing anyway, despite declaring it to be a safe zone.

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[-] Keeponstalin@lemmy.world 41 points 5 months ago

On top of the blockade, Israeli forces recently lifted a ban on commercial food deliveries entering Gaza, meaning that commercial deliveries from Israel and the West Bank are now squeezing out aid trucks attempting to enter border crossings.

“By the time a famine is declared, it will be too late. When hunger claims many more lives, nobody will be able to deny the horrifying impact of Israel’s deliberate, illegal and cruel obstruction of aid,” said Sally Abi Khalil, Middle East and North Africa director for Oxfam, in a statement. “Obstructing tonnes of food for a malnourished population while waving through caffeine-laced drinks and chocolate is sickening.”

I had no clue about Israel utilizing commercial deliveries to further obstruct humanitarian aid from entering Gaza before this article

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 30 points 5 months ago

This is the point of targeting journalists. The truth takes much longer to get out when there is no one to report it. Israel is undeniably committing genocide.

[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

Btselem did a report on it a few months ago. Israel blocked all fresh, easy and controlled food imports from israel that couldn't possible have KHAMAAAAS in them. This undid the entire "we're checking the imports for weapons" arguments but luckily all mainstream media craftily avoided mentioning it.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

~~For the record the IPC has already declared a Famine in Northern Gaza. And Southern Gaza is at level 5 (Catastrophic), expected to make the final upgrade to Famine in the next reporting cycle. According to the last report it is likely already in Famine as their "nothing changes" prediction says.~~

A lot of people are already dying, and we're just watching it happen.

Edit- I forgot we're due for the next update so I checked the site. Here's their money quote. I am ashamed to be human right now.

The famine threshold for household acute food insecurity has already been far exceeded and, given the latest data showing a steeply increasing trend in cases of acute malnutrition, it is highly likely that the famine threshold for acute malnutrition has also been exceeded. The upward trend in non-trauma mortality is also expected to accelerate, resulting in all famine thresholds likely to be passed imminently.

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