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U.N. experts conclude famine has spread throughout the Gaza Strip

Children's deaths from malnutrition and dehydration show that critical health and social structures have collapsed.

Red Crescent volunteers distribute food to displaced Palestinians in shelter camps.
Red Crescent volunteers distribute food to displaced Palestinians in shelter camps. (AN/PRCS)

GENEVA (AN) —  The entire Gaza Strip is in the grip of famine based on the recent deaths of more Palestinian children from hunger and malnutrition, U.N. experts say.

“With the death of these children from starvation despite medical treatment in central Gaza, there is no doubt that famine has spread from northern Gaza into central and southern Gaza," 11 human rights experts who report to the U.N. Human Rights Council said on Tuesday.

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