After Gaza Famine Report, U.S. Is Mostly Silent and Israel Defiant
The White House has not commented on a report finding famine in Gaza. Analysts say that absent U.S. pressure, Israel is unlikely to change course.
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The White House has not commented on a report finding famine in Gaza. Analysts say that absent U.S. pressure, Israel is unlikely to change course.
Famine has been officially declared in the besieged Gaza Strip for the first time by the Integrated Food Phase Classification (IPC), the UN-backed global hunger monitor.
Israel’s air force dismissed 15 officers, including one with the rank of major general, for signing a petition that calls for ending the war in the Gaza Strip to return all hostages, according to a report.
At least half a million residents in Gaza City and its surrounding areas are officially living under famine, according to a hunger monitoring group that the United Nations and international aid groups rely on for assessing global crises.
A panel of food security experts said the famine could spread to more of the enclave within weeks.
At least half a million people in the enclave were facing the most severe conditions measured by U.N.-backed international experts: starvation, acute malnutrition and death.
Hamas says Israel is ignoring mediators’ efforts to reach a ceasefire by launching a new assault in Gaza City, believed to mark the first phase of the full occupation of the Strip.
The Israeli government is widening its operation in Gaza despite its generals’ advice and as it deliberates on a new cease-fire proposal.
Hundreds of business leaders in the United Kingdom have urged the British government to take action against Israel as the crisis in the Gaza Strip worsens.
Palestinians expressed frustration on Wednesday over Israel’s announcement to call up tens of thousands of reservists for an operation to take control of Gaza City.