Israeli Airstrikes Targeting Nasser Hospital In Gaza On Monday Claimed The Lives Of At Least 15 People, Including Three Journalists, According To Palestinian Health Officials.
Among The Journalists Killed Was Cameraman Hussam Al-Masri, A Reuters Contractor. Photographer Hatem Khaled, Also Working As A Reuters Contractor, Sustained Injuries During The Attack, Officials Confirmed.
This Latest Strike Occurs Just Days After The United Nations Officially Declared A Famine In Gaza On Friday, Marking The First Famine Declaration In The Middle East. Experts Warn That Approximately 500,000 People Are Facing “Catastrophic” Levels Of Hunger.
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“It Is A Famine: The Gaza Famine,” Stated Tom Fletcher, The UN Emergency Relief Coordinator. Fletcher Held Israel Responsible, Citing “Systematic Obstruction” Of Aid Deliveries To The War-Ravaged Palestinian Territory.
Israel Rejected The UN’s Assessment, With Its Foreign Ministry Claiming That The Declaration Of Famine In And Around Gaza City Was “Based On Hamas Lies Laundered Through Organisations With Vested Interests.” The Ministry Insisted, “There Is No Famine In Gaza.”
The Famine Assessment Was Conducted By The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification Initiative (IPC), A UN-Mandated Coalition Of Monitors Providing Early Warnings Of Food Crises.
According To The IPC, Famine Is Defined When 20 Percent Of Households Face Extreme Food Shortages, 30 Percent Of Children Under Five Experience Acute Malnutrition, And At Least Two In Every 10,000 People Die Daily From Starvation Or Related Diseases.
