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Michael Howie

Famine declared in Gaza City as UN hits out at 'systematic obstruction' of aid by Israel

Famine has been officially declared in Gaza City for the first time as Israel vows to launch a military takeover of the Palestinian territory’s capital.

A United Nations aid chief said on Friday that the famine that has struck the city of 500,000 people was preventable, blaming the "systematic obstruction" of aid by Israel and demanding that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu let supplies in on a massive scale.

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