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UN chief says Gaza ‘on brink of famine’ as crisis reaches ‘epic proportions’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA trickle of aid into the Gaza Strip must become an ocean, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says.
“Food, water, medicine and fuel must flow in waves and without obstruction,” he says, describing an alert by a global hunger monitor on Tuesday as confirming “what we have feared: Gaza is on the brink of famine.”
“Palestinians in Gaza are enduring a humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions. This is not a warning. It is a reality unfolding before our eyes,” he says in a statement.
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