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Israel’s blockade, imposed since March 2, has forced hospitals and clinics across Gaza to stretch limited stocks of medicines even as needs increase. For burn patients, the lack of supplies is particularly excruciating. CBC | World News
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Children face starvation in Gaza as Israel’s blockade of food, medication reaches 2 months
Roughly 60,000 children in Gaza are showing signs of malnutrition, the territory’s Health Ministry said, as a two-month blockade on the besieged Palestinian territory remains in place, with aid groups saying the humanitarian response is on the verge of total collapse. CBC | World News
Read More »Gaza aid blockade imposed by Israel contested in International Court of Justice hearings
UN and Palestinian representatives at the International Court of Justice accused Israel of breaking international law by refusing to let aid into Gaza, on the first day of hearings about Israel’s obligations to facilitate aid deliveries. CBC | World News
Read More »Mark Carney condemns Israeli blockade on food to Gaza
Liberal Leader Mark Carney urged Israel to allow the World Food Programme to work in Gaza, saying food must not be used as a “political tool,” hours after the UN agency said it had run out of stocks due to a sustained Israeli blockade on supplies. CBC | World News
Read More »Polio vaccinations halted by blockade as latest Israeli strikes kill 9 children in Gaza
The Israeli military launched one of the biggest waves of strikes on Gaza in weeks on Tuesday, residents said, and health officials issued a new warning that healthcare faced total collapse from Israel’s blockade of all supplies. CBC | World News
Read More »Clean water becoming increasingly scarce in Gaza amid Israel’s continued total blockade
Hundreds of thousands of Gaza City residents have lost their only source of clean water in the past week after supplies from Israel’s water utility were cut by the Israeli army’s renewed offensive, municipal authorities in the territory said. CBC | World News
Read More »Fear of famine looms after all Gaza bakeries run out of flour amid month-long Israeli blockade
Bakeries in the Gaza Strip shuttered Tuesday after running out of flour and diesel to operate, as a month-long Israeli blockade on food and aid entering the territory remains in place. CBC | World News
Read More »Furious farmers threaten to blockade ports and starve supermarkets amid death tax row
A vicious row over Rachel Reeves’s inheritance tax hike has exploded with farmers threatening to take action. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Health-care and relief workers killed in Gaza as humanitarian groups navigate full blockade
Groups providing health care in Gaza say seven major hospitals have run out of medical supplies, leaving them scrambling to find ways to bring essential supplies into the region through Israel’s total blockade. CBC | World News
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