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A dire new report on mass hunger in the Gaza Strip prompted the United Nations high commissioner for human rights to declare Tuesday that Israel's persistent obstruction of humanitarian aid 'may amount to the use of starvation as a method of war, which is a war crime.
special rapporteur on the right to food Michael Fakhri said that 'there is no reason to intentionally block the passage of humanitarian aid or intentionally obliterate small-scale fishing vessels, greenhouses, and orchards in Gaza—other than to deny people access to food.' 'Intentionally depriving people of food is clearly a war crime,' said Fakhri. 'The U.S. co-owns this outcome and now must apply real leverage ASAP to change course.
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