“Before the war, Gaza was the greatest open air prison. Today it is the greatest open air graveyard”. EU’s chief diplomat Josep Borrell

Scenes in Khan Younis after an Israeli airstrike on Sunday. On Monday, Israel launched a fresh raid on al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City. Photograph: Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images

 "This famine is not a natural disaster. It is not a flaw. It is not an earthquake. It is entirely manmade.

Chancellor Scholz is saying Europeans cannot sit and watch Palestinian starving, when on the other side of the border there is food for months accumulated in stocks, while on the other side of the road there are people dying of hunger. This requires some action."  ... READ MORE ... https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/mar/18/middle-east-crisis-live-israel-gaza-palestine-al-shifa-live-updates?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with:block-65f823bc8f08a298d9bb13a6

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Middle East crisis: famine ‘imminent’ in northern Gaza, UN report says, as EU foreign policy chief calls area ‘open air graveyard’ – as it happened

Israel using starvation as weapon of war, says Josep Borrell, as UN report warns 1.1 million face ‘catastrophic’ food supply conditions. This live blog is closed

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