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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Peter Beaumont

Children and elderly people most vulnerable as Gaza famine deepens, warn experts

Palestinians crowd at a lentil soup distribution point in Gaza City, among them children and women holding pot and pans
There is widespread evidence of a growing and worsening famine in Gaza. Photograph: Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP/Getty

Humanitarian experts and doctors are warning that children, elderly people and those with pre-existing health conditions are most at risk of famine in Gaza.

Pro-Israeli activists and Israel’s foreign ministry have tried to challenge the veracity of shocking pictures that have appeared in the international media, despite widespread and well-documented evidence of growing and worsening famine under conditions of Israeli restrictions on aid.

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