Mass starvation is gripping the Gaza Strip

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4.6 • 884 Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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After four months of near-total siege by Israel, people in Gaza are starving. According to the UN, at least 1 in 3 people are going multiple days without eating and death from hunger is on the rise. Also, after weeks of tensions, clashes have erupted between Thailand and Cambodia over pieces of contested territory along their shared border. And, a conversation about the definition of antisemitism, especially as it intersects with criticism of Israel’s actions in Gaza. Plus, a look at how solar fuel could help decarbonize aviation.

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0:34.9	After nearly two years of warnings, Gaza is now facing the most dire consequences of food shortages.
0:41.8	Have you ever held a four-year-old child so thin that he or she weighs the same as a one-year-old?
0:49.6	I'm Carolyn Beeler. And I'm Marco Werman. Today, starvation in Gaza is real. Also on the program,
0:55.9	the debate over anti-Semitism. There is a very, very deep divide among American Jews, particularly
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1:12.3	years of tensions. Especially near areas with ancient temples that both sides claim. And in recent
1:18.2	months, the situation has intensified until both sides assembled their armies. Those stories and more
1:23.9	today on the world. This is the world. I'm Marco Werman.
1:28.5	And I'm Carolyn Beeler. Thank you for tuning in. We begin in Gaza, where the number of people
1:33.9	dying from hunger is rising by the day. Since Saturday, at least 43 people have died,
1:39.7	according to health officials in Gaza. In the past few months, Israel has set up its own aid delivery system with help from the U.S.
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