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2024-02-21 17:37:24 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 73B82CBB5D5031FA61D9BCA50C10F108F61150A9B85A85E1D4DC15A801418089
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The World Food Programme, United Nations, and several international news outlets have reported that Gaza is currently experiencing famine due to Israel destroying their food systems and blocking humanitarian aid. One shawarma stand does not dispute this fact. 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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