Eight international aid groups said Tuesday that Israel has failed to meet U.S. demands for greater humanitarian access to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, where hunger experts say the north may already be experiencing famine. Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ilze Brands Kehris told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that “the age group most represented in verified fatalities was children …
JERUSALEM — With virtually no food allowed into the northernmost part of Gaza for the past month, tens of thousands of Palestinians under Israeli siege are rationing their last lentils and flour to survive. “We are being starved to force us to leave our homes,” said Mohammed Arqouq, whose family of eight is determined to stay in the north, weathering …
With virtually no food allowed into the northernmost part of Gaza for the last month, tens of thousands of Palestinians under Israeli siege are rationing their last lentils and flour to survive. “We are being starved to force us to leave our homes,” said Mohammed Arqouq, whose family of eight is determined to stay in the north, weathering Israel’s siege. …
