Israel’s blockade on Gaza starving 290,000 children to death

from al Jazeera

More than 3,500 children below the age of five in Gaza face “imminent death by starvation”, and about 290,000 others are “on the brink of death” as Israel continues to prevent the entry of baby formula, nutritional supplements, and all forms of humanitarian aid, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office.

Mahmoud Alsaqqa, Oxfam’s food security lead in the Gaza Strip, tells Al Jazeera that “the whole world, unfortunately, is contributing to or participating in starving the children in Gaza” by not taking any action against the blockade that started more than two months ago...

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