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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jason Burke and Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem

Gaza medics issue malnutrition alert as total Israeli blockade enters fourth week

Woman carrying baby among other people travelling on foot with their belongings
Displaced Palestinians arriving in Khan Younis, Gaza, on Sunday as they flee new Israeli attacks. Photograph: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP

Malnutrition is spreading in Gaza, medics and aid workers in the devastated Palestinian territory are warning, as a total Israeli blockade of all supplies enters its fourth week.

There has been no sign that Israel will open entry points to allow essential aid to flow or ease its new offensive in Gaza, which started on Tuesday with a wave of airstrikes that killed 400 people, mostly civilians, ending two months of relative calm. On Sunday, Palestinian officials said the total death toll from nearly 18 months of conflict had passed 50,000.

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