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Noun
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The body said that the same number of babies is facing severe malnutrition absent a significant and swift increase of aid into Gaza, with severe malnutrition posing the risk of death.—
Matt Bradley,
NBC news,
22 May 2025 -
Doctors reported malnutrition among children, and the United Nations recently warned that people across the enclave were at risk of famine.—
Samuel Granados,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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European leaders have been increasingly outspoken in condemning Israel's monthslong blockade of humanitarian food and medical aid entering Gaza — which international groups said put the entire population of the Palestinian territory at risk of starvation.—
May 22,
CBS News,
22 May 2025
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But behind closed doors, some military officials privately concluded that Palestinians there could face starvation within weeks.—
Iyad Abuheweila,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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