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WHO says an increasing number of children in Gaza are on the brink of death due to acute hunger, with newborns “dying because of low birth weight”.

Meanwhile thousands of trucks with essential supplies have been blocked at Rafah for months.

In Gaza : Newborn babies simply dying because they are too low birth weight,” said Dr Margaret Harris from the UN World Health Organization (WHO).  news.un.org/en/story/2024/…

In Gaza’s hospitals : Medics eating animal feed to get through gruelling shifts; Mothers unable to breastfeed and Pregnant women in intensive care – even losing their babies – because they are so malnourished. Tiny newborns crammed two to an incubator. independent.co.uk/news/world/mid…

Doctor interviewed on BBC News in Gaza. Says pregnant women haven’t been fed properly for four months. Babies all being born seriously underweight, with almost no hospital provision. A woman interviewed has nothing else to feed her baby but water.

Despite hunger and war, Ramadan Kareem.
North Gaza

“I wish we could get out.”

People in Gaza now living in Rafah trapped at the border with Egypt and fearing Israeli forces closing in, speak to Yousef D. Hammash.

'She was the center of attention. Her mother, Maram, loved to dress her up for pictures. She was killed in October. Her mother was killed in a separate strike 11 days later.
Youmna Shaqalih, 4 months'
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#BooksforGaza are fundraising to help critically injured children in Gaza.

Visit 32auctions.com/booksforgaza to buy signed books from participating authors. Until Feb 12 only. Books are £35, with the option to donate more

We got hold of Israel’s dossier against UNRWA - why did the donors including the UK withdraw funding on such flimsy unproven allegations before an investigation?
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In Gaza, there’s a war on women. Will the west really ignore it because they’re ‘not like us’? | Nesrine Malik theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

If you went to one funeral a day for a Gazan child killed since Oct 7 it would take you over 31 years.

Here are their names.

An international court has demanded that Israel should do everything in its power to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza - but stopped short of ordering an end to its offensive. So what does this all mean?

UK government will have to ‘adapt its policy towards Israel’ following ICJ report, says former security adviser to PM
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Moment innocent civilian brandishing white flag in Gaza 'safe zone' is shot dead in the street | John Irvine reports

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Israel killed his wife, daughter, a son and grandson.

The next day Wael returned to work.

Israel killed his colleague and injured him.

The next day Wael returned to work.

Israel killed his other son.

The next day Wael returned to work.

One of the great men of our time.

Bidding farewell to his third child in around two months.. Aljazeera correspondent Wael al-Dahdouh lost his eldest son Hamza in an Israeli airstrike today.

In October, he lost his wife and 2 other children in the ongoing Israeli attacks.

This is unbearable. The journalists of Gaza are unbelieveably brave. This man has endured too much.

An Israeli army captain took a Palestinian baby girl from Gaza, according to an interview with a friend. Rights groups are calling for an investigation.

The soldier has since died from war wounds, but the baby’s identity and whereabouts remain unknown ⤵️