UN declares famine in Gaza
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Israel, which has repeatedly downplayed the extent of hunger inside Gaza, dismissed the report as false and biased; Benjamin Netanyahu said it was an “outright lie”. But United Nations humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher said it was “irrefutable testimony” and described the declaration as a “moment of collective shame for the world”.
Residents of Khan Younis in Gaza awoke to chaos after an airstrike on August 20, coinciding with the launch of Israel’s ‘Occupy Gaza’ operation. Intense clashes between Israeli troops and Hamas militants near Khan Younis sparked fears of broader escalation and mass displacement in southern Gaza.
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) raised its classification to Phase 5, worst level on its food insecurity scale.View on euronews
Famine has been confirmed in Gaza Governorate for the first time, with UN chief Antonio Guterres calling it 'a failure of humanity itself.'
Gaza City and surrounding areas are officially suffering from famine, and it will likely spread, a global hunger monitor determined on Friday, an assessment that will escalate pressure on Israel to allow more aid into the Palestinian territory.
A U.N.-backed food security group has issued a dire warning: famine has officially now taken hold in northern Gaza and is expected to spread in the coming months.
Footage filmed the attempted abduction of IDF soldiers in Khan Yunis shows an IDF tank running over a terrorist who aimed an RPG at it.
Israeli strikes unleashed a massacre in Sheikh Radwan, killing 12 in a school shelter and bringing Friday’s Gaza death toll to 34.
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The Times of Israel on MSNIDF says rocket was launched from area near Khan Younis hospital earlier today
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Gazans in Khan Younis woke up to a large blast and smoke rising on Thursday (August 21) following an airstrike in an area close to the Nasser hospital as Israel’s military announced the first steps of an operation to take over Gaza City.
Contrary to claims by officers that terrorists are not operating in an organized framework in areas captured by the IDF, Hamas operatives managed to attempt an organized operation in Khan Yunis. IDF Southern Command officials assessed on Wednesday that more attacks similar to the one in the Khan Yunis sector,