Israel is using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza, EU's Borrell says

Israel is provoking famine in Gaza and using starvation as a weapon of war, the EU's foreign policy Chief Josep Borrell said on Monday.

"In Gaza we are no longer on the brink of famine, we are in a state of famine, affecting thousands of people," Borrell said at the opening of a conference on humanitarian aid for Gaza in Brussels.

"This is unacceptable. Starvation is used as a weapon of war. Israel is provoking famine."

“The Famine in Gaza is entirely man made. Hundreds of trucks are waiting at the border. Trucks and stopped and people are dying. Starvation is used as a weapon of war.”, Josep Borrell
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Reporting by Reuters