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Israeli authorities are facing renewed accusations of using hunger as a weapon of war after seizing cans of baby formula from a US doctor en route to Gaza, according to a report published Wednesday, Anadolu reports. The accusations come as aid groups and medical professionals report mounting child deaths from malnutrition in the besieged Palestinian enclave. In late June, an American doctor preparing to enter Gaza on a humanitarian mission had packed powdered baby formula, gauze, and medical supplies. But after arriving at the Allenby Bridge crossing from Jordan to the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces confiscated the formula, Le Monde reported. “The baby formula was confiscated,” Palestinian-German surgeon Diana Nazzal, who coordinated the convoy, told the daily. “What other […]
