Dear MEL Topic Readers,
What ‘starvation’ really means, for the human body and for Gaza
The Gaza Strip is the smaller of the two Palestinian territories in the
Southern Levant region, surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea, Egypt, and Israel.
An estimated two million people, mostly Muslims, live in the narrow 365 km2
area. Immediately after the Hamas-led attack on Israel in October 2023, Israel
started attacking and invading the Gaza Strip. It killed tens of thousands of civilians
and destroyed most dwellings, buildings, roads, and infrastructure, and made
the area nearly uninhabitable. There are only three crossings in and out of
Gaza, all of which are now controlled by Israel. Far less than the daily essentials
needed, including water, food, and medicine, have been brought into the strip
for the two million residents, journalists, medical staff, and aid workers. This
man-made starvation, malnutrition, and disease are driving a rise in hunger-related
deaths, or famine, among everyone in Gaza. What does severe and prolonged starvation
do to the body? What is starving to death like?
Read the article and learn how people in Gaza are suffering from
man-made starvation.
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