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EU claims starvation used as 'weapon of war' as aid efforts to Gaza persist

Palestinians line up for a free meal in Rafah, Gaza Strip, on Tuesday, 12 March, 2024. AP - Fatima Shbair

Donor nations, aid agencies and charities are pushing forward with efforts to rush food to Gaza by land, air and sea after the European Union's top diplomat said starvation had become "a weapon of war" in the devastated Palestinian enclave.

Since the 7 October attacks, the Israel-Hamas conflict has caused mass civilian deaths, reduced vast areas to a rubble-strewn wasteland and sparked warnings of a looming famine in the Palestinian territory of 2.4 million people.

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