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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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William Christou in Jerusalem and Angela Giuffrida in Rome

‘Hungry aid staff fainting’ as starvation spreads in Gaza and truce hopes fade

A woman cries out as she and a crowd around her hold out saucepans and other containers
Palestinians clamour for food from a charity kitchen in Gaza City. Photograph: Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters

The head of the main UN agency serving Palestinians has said his frontline staff are fainting from hunger, as the number of people dying of starvation in Gaza continued to rise and hopes for a ceasefire faded as negotiations collapsed.

“This deepening crisis is affecting everyone, including those trying to save lives in the war-torn enclave … when caretakers cannot find enough to eat, the entire humanitarian system is collapsing,” Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (Unrwa), said on Thursday.

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