World Food Program: "Gaza on the Brink as One in Four People Face Extreme Hunger" [View all]
Palestinians children crowd together as they wait for food distribution. (Photo: Hatem Ali / AP)
Excerpt:
'If death doesnt come from airstrikes, it will come from starvation.'
"More than half a million people in Gaza are starving, with nine out of ten Palestinians eating less than one meal a day and struggling to find clean, drinkable water. Hungry and weak, more Gazans are falling sick their compromised immunity making them susceptible to disease."
After an IDF strike in Gaza, Rahaf Salman (11) lost both feet and her right hand. (Photo: aa.com.tr)
In the past 24 hours, the IDF have killed
48 Palestinians and wounded
52 across the Gaza Strip, according to the enclaves Health Ministry which does not discriminate between combatants and civilians. The latest killings have brought the death toll since 7 Oct 2023 to
45,484 and
108,090 maimed or wounded.
Even though the Biden Administration sanctioned several Israeli Settlers this year, this has not deterred them from attacking and evicting Palestinians from their ancestral homes and farms in the West Bank, a practice going on for years.
Over the past 24 hours, Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian farmers near Ramallah and smashed the windows of a vehicle belonging to a Palestinian resident. Three Palestinians were injured and one was arrested. This Palestinian man below was bloodied, but survived.
700 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since 7 Oct 2023 in "unprecedented bloodshed according to the UN.
Two future cellmates. Some people expressed shock the ICC would indict the "Crime Minister" and issue an arrest warrant for him.
Sources:
https://www.wfp.org/news/gaza-grapples-catastrophic-hunger-new-report-predicts-famine-if-conflict-continues
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/12/28/live-israeli-soldiers-storm-set-fire-to-last-hospital-in-northern-gaza
https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/06/1150596
https://www.ochaopt.org/content/humanitarian-situation-update-216-west-bank