UN warns famine is ‘imminent’ in Northern Gaza

As bombardment pounds around them, some say they risk their lives by venturing out in search of cans of food in the rubble of destroyed homes.

Thousands have staggered out of the area, hungry and thin, into Gaza City, where they find the situation little better. One hospital reports seeing thousands of children suffering from malnutrition.

A nutritionist said she treated a pregnant woman wasting away at just 40 kilogrammes.

“We are being starved to force us to leave our homes,” said Mohammed Arqouq, whose family of eight is determined to stay in the North, weathering Israel’s siege. “We will die here in our homes.”

International hunger experts have said there is “a strong likelihood” that famine is imminent in parts of Northern Gaza where Israeli Forces are conducting a major military offensive.  (Euro News) 

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