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Widespread starvation, malnutrition, and disease are driving a rise in hunger-related deaths in Gaza.

This according to a new alert from the IPC, a United Nations-backed

initiative analyzing humanitarian data there. In an alert issue today, the group warns that a

worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out, as access to food and essential services

has plummeted to unprecedented levels. More than 20,000 Palestinian children were admitted for treatment for acute malnutrition

between April and mid-July, the IPC said.

Now, earlier today, Israeli economist Yanai Spitzer told me that scarcity-driven price hikes in Gaza are simply not sustainable.

This is simply not sustainable.

And I want to point this trends out to the Israeli decision

makers, to the Israeli public, to the media

to make it clear that this time it is different.

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