Humanitarian chief Jan Egeland says Israel 'deliberately starving' people in Gaza

Humanitarian chief Jan Egeland says Israel 'deliberately starving' people in Gaza


This weekend, an independent famine review committee affiliated with the United Nations declared that across Northern Gaza, starvation, malnutrition and excess mortality are — quote — "rapidly increasing" and famine thresholds may have already been crossed or else will be in the near future. Little to no aid has reached Northern Gaza over the last month, since Israel launched a new operation and called on all residents to leave, saying Hamas had regrouped. Jan Egeland, a longtime diplomat and humanitarian who is the secretary-general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, recently traveled to Gaza and joins me now from Amman.

Author: Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi


Published at: 2024-11-11 23:40:37

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