Palestinians at a charity kitchen in Gaza City on Aug 22 last year. In August, an international panel of experts declared an ‘entirely man-made’ famine in part of the territory and looming famine elsewhere. — Saher Alghorra/The New York Times
IN early October, Hoda Abu al-Naja, 12, was admitted to a hospital in the Gaza Strip as severe malnutrition ravaged her body.
Over six months, she had lost nearly a third of her weight, doctors said.
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