“More than a quarter of a million aid trucks have been blocked from entering Gaza by the Israeli army since the start of its genocidal war in October last year,” said Gaza’s government media office. “The occupation army continues to reinforce the starvation policy, especially in northern Gaza.”

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Highlighting the cases of children dying in Gaza of malnutrition, the ten independent UN experts said: “With the death of these children from starvation despite medical treatment in central Gaza, there is no doubt that famine has spread from northern Gaza into central and southern Gaza.”