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As more Gazans starve to death, Israel’s military has announced that airdrops of aid will begin Saturday night in Gaza, and humanitarian corridors will be opened for United Nations convoys.
MSN reports that the statement was issued late Saturday. It followed warnings from experts about the impending famine.
International criticism has grown as several hundred Palestinians have been killed in recent weeks while trying to reach aid.
According to the statement, the military is prepared to implement humanitarian pauses in densely populated areas. But the military emphasises that combat operations have not ceased,” in Gaza against Hamas. It also asserted that there is “no starvation” in the territory.
However, witness accounts from Gaza have been grim. Some health workers are so weakened by hunger that they put themselves on IV drips to keep treating the badly malnourished. Parents have shown their limp and emaciated children.
The statement said the airdrops would be conducted in coordination with international aid organisations.
