Middle East crisis: famine ‘imminent’ in northern Gaza, UN report says, as EU foreign policy chief calls area ‘open air graveyard’ – as it happened
Israel using starvation as weapon of war, says Josep Borrell, as UN report warns 1.1 million face catastrophic' food supply conditions. This live blog is closed
Oxfam has accused Israel of controlling an unpredictable and chaotic regime of approval, scanning and inspection" of humanitarian aid destined for the Gaza Strip.
In a new report, the NGO says people living in Gaza will suffer mass death from disease and starvation far beyond the current 31,000 Palestinian war casualties unless Israel takes immediate steps to end its violations."
The ICJ order should have shocked Israeli leaders to change course, but since then conditions in Gaza have actually worsened. The fact that other governments have not challenged Israel hard enough, but instead turned to less effective methods like airdrops and maritime corridors is a huge red flag, signalling that Israel continues to deny the full potential of better ways to deliver more aid.
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