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Israel’s war on Gaza live: Hunger death toll rises as famine looms. Source Al Jazeera. Comment: the pull out by the Americans and UK from Afghanistan was appalling as people sought to exit from Taliban & they clung to the wings of the planes, falling to their deaths. Gaza goes beyond this barbarism. Women and children will starve, if not already murdered by Israel. Proportionality … why are we tolerating this crime of destruction of a race of people?

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Israel’s war on Gaza live: Hunger death toll rises as famine looms

Palestinians run along a street as humanitarian aid arrives in Gaza City

By Stephen Quillen, Linah Alsaafin and Federica Marsi

Published On 6 Mar 20246 Mar 2024

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  • Calls to allow more aid into the Gaza Strip grow louder as health officials report more deaths from malnutrition and dehydration.
  • People in Gaza are waiting for the outcome of ceasefire talks amid continued Israeli attacks, our correspondent reports.
  • The World Food Programme says an aid convoy is denied entry to northern Gaza by Israel’s military. The UN agency says “to avert famine”, there must be road access to Gaza’s north.
  • Hamas says ceasefire negotiations are ongoing but “the ball is in the Israeli court” while the US says obstacles to a truce are “not insurmountable”.
  • At least 30,717 Palestinians have been killed and 72,156 wounded in Israeli attacks in Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from the October 7 Hamas attacks stands at 1,139.

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