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Gaza ‘hungriest place on Earth’, all its people at risk of famine, UN warns

Palestinian women get food at a distribution centre in Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip, May 30, 2025 [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]

Gaza is the “hungriest place on Earth” and its entire population is at risk of famine, warns the United Nations, as desperate Palestinians are shot at, starved, and forced from their homes by the Israeli forces.

Calling on Israel to stop its campaign of deliberate starvation and allow food into the besieged enclave, the UN on Friday said its mission to help Gaza’s Palestinians is the “most obstructed in recent history”.

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