{"id":3079,"date":"2024-01-24T07:18:53","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T07:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raqeeb.ps\/en\/?p=3079"},"modified":"2024-01-24T07:18:53","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T07:18:53","slug":"hunger-casts-dark-shadow-over-northern-gaza-with-animal-feed-as-sole-alternative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raqeeb.ps\/en\/3079.html","title":{"rendered":"Hunger casts dark shadow over northern Gaza, with animal feed as sole alternative"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gaza (Quds News Network) \u2013 \u201cI have ordered a complete blockade on Gaza; there will be no electricity and no food. We are fighting human-animals and acting accordingly,\u201d declared Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on October 9, 2023 two days after the outbreak of the current war on Gaza.<\/p>\n

108 days into the relentless Israeli war of genocide on the Gaza Strip, nearly 800,000 residents in the northern region teeter on the brink of a genuine famine. Those who survived the indiscriminate Israeli bombardment now face the threat of death not by bombs but by starvation, as affirmed by Ismail Thawabteh, the General Director of the Government Media Office in Gaza.<\/p>\n

In statements to Al Jazeera, Thawabteh noted that over 400,000 Palestinians are living in a real famine in the northern province of the Gaza Strip. He urged Egyptian authorities to expedite the opening of the Rafah Crossing to allow for the entry of desperately needed humanitarian aid.<\/p>\n