Gaza on the Brink of Famine
Palestinians living in Gaza are struggling with extreme shortages of food, clean water, and medicine.
The United Nations is warning that famine in Gaza is “almost inevitable.” Palestinians living in Gaza are struggling with extreme shortages of food, clean water, and medicine. Several countries, including Jordan, France, Egypt, the U.S., the United Arab Emirates, and now Germany, are coordinating air drops of humanitarian aid to help alleviate the crisis, and the U.S. military is working to a build a temporary port on Gaza’s coastline to bring in additional aid. Critics have pointed out that airdrops and a temporary pier may be helpful, but are insufficient, dangerous, and haphazard operations compared to ensuring a steady and reliable supply delivered by trucks, which might be achieved by a cease-fire agreement. Gathered below, recent images from the growing crisis in the Gaza Strip.
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