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Gaza hunger crisis

The World Health Organization has sounded the alarm about imminent famine in Gaza, amid Israel’s total ban on humanitarian aid. It said the lack of immediate access to food and essential supplies is causing more deaths across the blockaded territory. The world body said the people of Gaza are starving, sick and dying, while food and medicine are minutes away from its crossings. WHO also referred to an earlier report by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, which said Gaza is at a "critical risk of famine," and its population is facing a humanitarian "catastrophe.” According to WHO, Gaza’s entire population is facing prolonged food shortages, with nearly half a million people in a catastrophic situation of hunger, acute malnutrition, starvation, illness and death. It said the situation in Gaza is one of the world’s worst hunger crises, unfolding in real time. Other UN agencies, including its humanitarian office and UNRWA, have raised similar alarms about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

US-Israeli Gaza genocide

More Palestinian civilians are slaughtered in Gaza, as the Israeli military presses ahead with its air and artillery strikes against the blockaded territory. One of the latest attacks targeted Nasser Hospital in the southern city of Khan Yunis, killing a Palestinian journalist. Earlier, at least three people were killed after tents sheltering displaced Palestinians were struck in the same city. The occupation forces also bombed an apartment building in Gaza City, which resulted in several casualties. The al-Shuja'iyya neighborhood, east of Gaza City, was also the scene of deadly Israeli bombings throughout the day. Fatalities were also reported following the Israeli shelling of tents housing displaced people near Beit Lahia, northern Gaza. The deadliest of the attacks was the one targeting a school in Jabaliya, also in northern Gaza, which left 16 Palestinians, including many children, dead. According to the Gaza health ministry, over 52,860 Palestinians have been killed in the Israeli genocide since October 2023. More than 119,600 others have been injured.

 Condemning Israeli genocide

On the eve of the Cannes Film Festival, hundreds of prominent filmmakers and actors signed an open letter, strongly condemning Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza. The letter was signed by more than 380 cinema professionals, including many award-winning actors and directors. The signatories said they cannot remain silent while genocide is taking place in Gaza. They also decried the death of Gazan photojournalist, Fatima Hassouna, who was killed, along with 10 relatives, in an Israeli airstrike on her family home in northern Gaza last month. The letter urged the film community to "rise up" and name reality. The signatories also criticized the Oscar Academy for not immediately defending Oscar-winning Palestinian filmmaker, Hamdan Ballal, after he was attacked by Israeli settlers. The letter came days after former EU foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, accused Israel of "genocidal intent." He said Israel was "carrying out the largest ethnic-cleansing operation since the end of the second world war."

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