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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem

Children and elderly are dying from starvation in Gaza, says health minister

Displaced Palestinians gather outside a charity kitchen to receive food rations in Gaza City.
Displaced Palestinians gather outside a charity kitchen to receive food rations in Gaza City. Photograph: Haitham Imad/EPA

Twenty-nine children and elderly people have died from starvation in Gaza in the last two days, the Palestinian Authority health minister has said , as Israeli strikes killed at least 52 people since dawn amid a renewed military offensive across the territory.

The warning came as food aid is expected to start reaching Palestinians in Gaza this week after Israel began allowing limited goods through after nearly three months after global pressure to lift the blockade and halt a newly expanded offensive.

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