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Israel pounds Gaza, killing 81, as it begins assault to seize Gaza City

Attacks come as Israeli-induced famine grips the besieged Strip amid calls for Israel to accept a mediated truce.

Al Jazeera

‘No more food’: In northern Nigeria, US funding cuts bite for aid groups

Organisations like the World Food Programme are scaling back aid or completely halting operations.

Al Jazeera

Desperate Myanmar Villagers Scavenge For Food As Hunger Bites

People in western Myanmar have been driven to scavenging for bamboo shoots, as humanitarian workers warn a wartime blockade and aid cutbacks led by Washington have caused hunger cases to surge.

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Refugees in Kenya impacted by food aid cuts; WFP rolls out new system

The WFP says aid is being cut by 60 percent for the most vulnerable groups including pregnant women and disabled people.

Al Jazeera

Palestinian boy killed in Gaza aid drop as starvation toll rises to 217

Falling aid pallet crushes 15-year-old Muhannad Zakaria Eid, as more Palestinians, including children, starve to death.

Al Jazeera

Starvation spreads from camps to besieged Sudanese city of El-Fasher

Months after famine was declared in nearby displacement camps, the besieged Sudanese city of El-Fasher is now seeing starvation deaths of its own, with no food aid entering and the UN’s World Food Programme warning of worsening conditions for the 300,000 people still trapped inside.

Radio France Internationale

Thousands in Sudan’s besieged el-Fasher at ‘risk of starvation’, UN warns

North Darfur’s capital has been under RSF siege for more than a year with key roads blocked and supplies running out.

Al Jazeera

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Afghanistan has its 'sharpest surge' ever of child malnutrition, UN agency says

The World Food Program says Afghanistan is having its sharpest-ever surge of child malnutrition

The Independent UK

Defining famine: the complex process behind Gaza's hunger crisis

Despite mounting international concern over widespread hunger in Gaza, no official famine has been declared in the territory – highlighting the complexities of determining a country's famine status.

Radio France Internationale

Germany's FM says Berlin has responsibility to prevent Israel's international isolation

Germany, traditionally a staunch ally of Israel, has been increasingly critical of Israel’s actions in Gaza. But while it has insisted that Israel must do more to increase aid supplies, Wadephul addressed his appeal to end the war primarily to Hamas.

Euronews

Children and elderly people most vulnerable as Gaza famine deepens, warn experts

Aid agencies, governments and UN’s food security monitor report evidence of worsening starvation, particularly among under-fives

The Guardian - UK

UK to recognise state of Palestine in September unless Israel holds to a ceasefire

Cabinet agrees to support Middle East roadmap at emergency meeting called amid humanitarian crisis in Gaza

The Guardian - UK

Protests erupt at Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya following aid cuts

Violent protests broke out at one of Kenya's largest refugee camps on Monday, humanitarian sources said, with unconfirmed reports of at least one death, following months of increased tensions over aid cuts.

Radio France Internationale

Famine under way in Gaza, UN-backed experts say, as war death toll passes 60,000

IPC says ‘worst-case scenario of famine’ is playing out as it calls for urgent ceasefire to alleviate ‘widespread starvation’

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Al Jazeera

Malnutrition in Nigeria killed 652 children in past six months, MSF says

The charity says the deaths were caused due to funding cuts by international donors amid insecurity in northern Nigeria.

The Independent UK

Nigeria faces hunger crisis as food needs rise across west and central Africa, UN says

The U.N. food agency’s regional head says Nigeria is facing “an unprecedented hunger crisis,” and the need for food is rising across west and central Africa while funds are shrinking

The Guardian - UK

Eleven-minute race for food: how aid points in Gaza became ‘death traps’ – a visual story

Hundreds of people have died while seeking food since delivery was taken over by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in May. But Palestinians facing extreme hunger have no choice but to take the risk

AAP

Push to sanction Israel as 'inhumane killing' decried

Australia has been urged to sanction Israel after the government signed a statement condemning the denial of aid for starving Palestinian civilians.

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The Independent UK

‘Skeletons marching to death’: Palestinians face hunger and gunfire as Israel pushes into central Gaza

ANALYSIS: Israel and Hamas continue to discuss a ceasefire in Qatar, but a new offensive and the continued killing of Palestinians seeking aid threatens to shatter attempts to end the violence, writes chief international correspondent Bel Trew

The National (Scotland)

'Horrendous': Kevin Bridges condemns Israeli attack at Gaza aid distribution site

Scottish stand-up comedian Kevin Bridges has condemned an Israeli attack on Palestinians at an aid distribution site in Gaza ...

The Independent UK

UN food agency says Israeli tanks and snipers opened fire on a crowd seeking aid in Gaza

The U.N. food agency says Israeli forces fired on Palestinians seeking food aid in northern Gaza on Sunday

The National (Scotland)

John Swinney condemns 'unbearable' attack on Palestinians waiting for aid trucks

John Swinney has condemned an "unbearable" attack which saw at least 79 Palestinians killed while waiting for aid trucks to arrive

The Independent UK

More than 90 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces while seeking food, Gaza officials say

UN officials say Israeli forces opened fire on starving civilians at an aid convoy

Al Jazeera

Israeli forces kill 115 Palestinians in Gaza as 19 people starve to death

Victims include 79 aid seekers who were gunned down in the north and 13 others killed in the south, medics say.

The Guardian - UK

Pope condemns Gaza war’s ‘barbarity’ as 93 reported killed by Israeli fire while waiting for food

Israeli forces open fire on hungry Palestinians near Gaza City in one of bloodiest incidents involving aid seekers

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