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WHO chief says ‘large proportion’ of Gaza’s people are ‘starving’
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Palestinians wait to receive a hot meal at a charity kitchen in the Mawasi area of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on July 22, 2025. (AFP)
The World Health Organization’s chief warns of widespread starvation in Gaza, with food deliveries into the war-ravaged Palestinian territory “far below what is needed for the survival of the population.”
“A large proportion of the population of Gaza is starving. I don’t know what you would call it other than mass starvation — and it’s man-made,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tells reporters.
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