Gaza: Aid agencies warn of mass starvation
They call for decisive action to save the lives of Palestinians before there are none left to save.
More than one hundred aid agencies have issued a joint statement warning that mass starvation is spreading across the Gaza Strip, despite Israeli denials. The signatories include major organisations, such as Doctors Without Borders, Save the Children and Oxfam. The Hamas-run health ministry says more than thirty people have died as a result of malnutrition in the past three days, including over a dozen children. Israel refutes this and asserts its Hamas propoganda. We have the testimony of one woman in Gaza due to give birth.
Syria’s defence ministry says it will investigate allegations that government forces carried out a massacre targeting members of the Druze community. Staff at the city's hospital told the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ that scores of patients were killed inside - some were thrown off the roof.
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Presenters: Rob Young and Pria Rai
(Photo: Palestinians gather to receive food from charity kitchen, in Gaza City. Credit: Dawoud Abu/Reuters)
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