Israel employs 'starvation' tactic by disrupting Gaza's food system

from Daily Sabah

A U.N. expert criticized Israel's actions in Gaza, accusing it of deliberately destroying the region's food system as part of a wider "starvation campaign" against the narrow strip of land it is employing a "total siege" on.

Michael Fakhri, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, criticized the U.N. Human Rights Council for its inaction, lamenting, "The images of starvation in Gaza are unbearable, and you are doing nothing."

Aid officials have raised concerns about a potential famine after five months of conflict with the Palestinian resistance group.

Hospitals in northern Gaza have reported children dying from malnutrition, as distressing images of malnourished children start to emerge.

Fakhri emphasized that Israel's actions were directly responsible for "destroying the food system in Gaza."...

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