Israel ‘manipulating’ humanitarian aid allowed into Gaza for years: Former UN food rapporteur

The famine in Gaza is unique, and nothing like it has been recorded in at least the past 20 years, according to a member of a high-level panel of experts of the UN food security programme.

Hilal Elver told Al Jazeera that the closest case is Sudan, where partial famine has been declared. However, “the people of Sudan can move from one place to another and escape, but there is no place to escape in Gaza, and the entire population is under serious siege that started in 2007.”

Meanwhile, Al Jazeera's Hind Khoudary reports live from Deir el-Balah.

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