Israel is stopping food, fuel, and medicine from entering Gaza after announcing a "complete siege."
AdvertisementAdvertisementFollowing Israel's announcement of a "complete siege" of Gaza, fears are mounting over an impending humanitarian crisis in the territory.
The siege will "quite literally starve the population and lead people to going hungry, thirsty, and ultimately towards dying."
REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu MustafaUN Secretary General António Guterres, who condemned Hamas' attacks, said he was "deeply distressed" by Israel's siege announcement.
A relative reacts next to the bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes, at a hospital in Gaza City, October 11, 2023.
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