Palestinians return to al-Zeitoun neighbourhood after 45 days
The Zeitoun neighbourhood in Gaza City has been left in ruins after a 45-day Israeli military operation that flattened entire residential blocks. Residents of the area in northern Gaza described it as the most destructive incursion yet.
“Their goal was only destruction, nothing at all but destruction,” one said.
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Palestinians storm aid truck in desperate scene
The Associated Press has published photos of Palestinians climbing on aid trucks along the Morag corridor near Rafah.
As we reported earlier, a United Nations spokesperson has said that aid deliveries remain scant, with most cargo “offloaded by the hungry crowds before reaching its destination”.
The collapse in a central authority in Gaza amid the war has further fuelled chaos.
Palestinians ride on a truck loaded with food and humanitarian aid as it moves along the Morag corridor near Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip
What ‘starvation’ really means, for the human body and for Gaza
Aid agencies say the limited amount of aid Israel has allowed into Gaza in the last week is unlikely to avert the famine experts have warned about for months.
While at first most of the starvation-related deaths were among children and infants, increasingly, older people are succumbing to the hunger that Israel has imposed upon the enclave since March.
On Sunday, six more adults died from malnutrition, bringing the number of adults to die from hunger in Gaza to 82 over the last five weeks, when such deaths were first recorded.
Ninety-three children have also been killed by Israel through the man-made malnutrition it has imposed upon the enclave since its war began.
So, how does starvation happen? Are we seeing the whole picture?
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Elderly displaced Palestinian man Salim Asfour, 85, suffers from severe malnutrition, which in has led to him losing over 40kg (88lb) of his body weight. When food is available, Salim gives most of his rations to his family, and his age makes him more vulnerable to the effects of malnutrition; August 3
