Gaza
\nThe hunger that has been building among Gaza\u2019s more than two million Palestinians has passed a tipping point and is accelerating deaths, aid workers and health staff say.
\nNot only Palestinian children \u2013 usually the most vulnerable \u2013 are falling victim to Israel\u2019s blockade since March, but also adults.
\nThe United Nations\u2019 World Food Programme says nearly 100,000 women and children urgently need treatment for malnutrition, and almost a third of people in Gaza are \u201cnot eating for days\u201d. Medical workers say they have run out of many key treatments and medicines.
\nThe World Health Organization reports a sharp rise in malnutrition and disease, with a large proportion of Gaza\u2019s residents now starving.
\nDoctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF, says a quarter of all young children and pregnant or breastfeeding women screened at its clinics in Gaza last week were malnourished, blaming Israel\u2019s \u201cdeliberate use of starvation as a weapon\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Gaza The hunger that has been building among Gaza\u2019s more than two million Palestinians has passed a tipping point and is accelerating deaths, aid workers and health staff say. Not only Palestinian children \u2013 usually the most vulnerable \u2013 are falling victim to Israel\u2019s blockade since March, but also adults. The United Nations\u2019 World Food […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-493108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-world"],"yoast_head":"\n