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2024-02-03 17:39:49 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 5DDFEB4E56221818746CA405230358119458540A92FBD20616AA10EEFD8CA993
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The World Food Programme, United Nations, and several international news outlets such as CNN and NYT have reported that Gaza is currently experiencing famine due to Israel destroying their food systems and blocking humanitarian aid. https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/01/over-one-hundred-days-war-israel-destroying-gazas-food-system-and https://edition.cnn.com/2024/01/30/middleeast/famine-looms-in-gaza-israel-war-intl/index.html https://time.com/6552740/gaza-israel-starvation-hunger/ https://www.wfp.org/news/gaza-grapples-catastrophic-hunger-new-report-predicts-famine-if-conflict-continues https://abcnews.go.com/International/full-fledged-famine-threat-gaza-continues-rise-aid/story?id=106761709 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/28/famine-in-gaza-is-being-made-inevitable-says-un-rapporteur https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/29/briefing/gaza-food-crisis.html
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