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[–] averyminya@beehaw.org 22 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Including other causes of death... Such as not having hospitals due to being bombed?

That's even worse.

[–] CaractacusPotts@lemmy.ca 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

The number of people facing possible starvation in the Gaza Strip in the coming weeks is the largest share of a population at risk of famine identified anywhere since a United Nations-affiliated panel created the current global food-insecurity assessment 20 years ago.

“The rigor, scale and speed of the destruction of the structures necessary for survival, and enforcement of the siege, surpasses any other case of man-made famine in the last 75 years,” said Alex de Waal, an expert on humanitarian crises and international law at Tufts University who wrote “Mass Starvation: The History and Future of Famine.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/11/health/gaza-israel-hunger-starvation.html