Gaza families ‘breaking down’ amid Israel’s starvation policy

Hospitals in the besieged Gaza Strip have recorded two more deaths “due to famine and malnutrition” in the past 24 hours, according to the territory’s Health Ministry, bringing the total to at least 115.
Israel has recalled its ceasefire negotiating team for “consultations” after Hamas submitted a response to a proposed Gaza ceasefire deal to mediators.‘We want to wake people up,’ protester says in Washington, DC
We’ve just spoken to a pro-Palestine activist at a small protest outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC.

Holding a sign reading, “Never again is now”, in reference to the Holocaust, Steve France told Al Jazeera that what Israel is doing in Gaza “is comparable to other genocides in the past, including the Holocaust”.

“We want to wake people up,” France said of the goals of the demonstration.

The US provides at least $3.8bn in military assistance to Israel annually, and it has given billions more since the Gaza war began. Washington also shields its ally from criticism at the United Nations and other international bodies.‘Do you think what is happening to us is normal?’ Palestinian mother asks
Buthaina Ashour, a Palestinian mother in Gaza, is among countless women who have braved deadly violence to try to get food at GHF aid distribution sites in the enclave.

“We came here for nothing … we came to die. We are suffering. We need someone to help us. We cannot go on like this,” Ashour told Al Jazeera after Israeli soldiers opened fire and threw tear gas at the crowds.