Israel Denies Causing `Mass Starvation` In Gaza
Israel on Wednesday hit back at growing international criticism that it was behind chronic food shortages in Gaza, instead accusing Hamas of deliberately creating a humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian territory.
More than 100 aid and human rights groups said earlier Wednesday that " mass starvation " was spreading in the Gaza Strip, and France warned of a growing " risk of famine " caused by " the blockade imposed by Israel ".
The head of the World Health Organization also weighed in, saying that a " large proportion of the population of Gaza is starving ".
" I don't know what you would call it other than mass starvation -- and it's man-made, " Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters.
An Israeli government spokesman, David Mencer, said there was " no famine caused by Israel. There is a man-made shortage engineered by Hamas. "
President Isaac Herzog, visiting troops in Gaza, maintained that Israel was acting " according to international law " while Hamas w...
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