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<article data-history-node-id="427256" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/death-toll-palestinians-starvation-rises-251" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/death-toll-palestinians-starvation-rises-251" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Death toll of Palestinians from starvation rises to 251</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The death toll from Israeli-imposed starvation&nbsp;in the Gaza Strip has risen to 251, including 108 children, according to the Palestinian health officials.&nbsp;</p> <p>They said that "Gaza hospitals recorded 11 deaths within 24 hours, including a child, due to acute malnutrition."</p> <p>Since early March, Israel has imposed a near total blockade on the entry of food and humanitarian assistance into Gaza. In recent days, Israel has allowed in small quantities of aid, though it is far below the needs of starving Palestinians.</p> <p>The World Food Programme recently warned that "a third of Gaza's 2.4m population "has not eaten for several days".&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

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<article data-history-node-id="426344" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-resumes-token-aid-airdrops-while-continuing-land-blockade-aid" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-resumes-token-aid-airdrops-while-continuing-land-blockade-aid" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel resumes token aid airdrops while continuing land blockade of aid into Gaza</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="500" data-start="293">The Israeli military claims that it will reopen “humanitarian corridors” for UN convoys in Gaza and restart aid airdrops, measures aimed at easing a crisis largely caused by its own blockade of the besieged enclave.</p> <p data-end="682" data-start="502">The move comes after what the army described as a “situational assessment,” and follows months of Israeli restrictions that severely limited the entry of food, water, and medicine leading to a famine in Gaza.</p> <p data-end="1015" data-start="684">The airdrop, coordinated with international aid organisations, will include seven pallets of items such as flour, sugar, and canned goods provided by foreign partners. Airdrops have been widely criticised by humanitarian officials as symbolic and insufficient compared to allowing sustained truck deliveries through land crossings.</p> <p data-end="1335" data-start="1017">The Israeli army also said it would support the expansion of a water desalination plant in Gaza by connecting it to Israeli electricity. Israel has itself destroyed much of Gaza's water and electricity infrastructure.</p> <p data-end="1564" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node data-start="1337">Aid groups and UN officials have long called on Israel to fully lift its blockade and grant unrestricted access to humanitarian assistance, warning that piecemeal efforts fall short amid deepening famine and widespread disease.</p> </div> </div> </article>

Aid groups warn of ‘mass starvation’ in Gaza amid blockade, while Israeli attacks kill dozens of others across enclave.

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