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UN humanitarian chief calls Gaza 'uninhabitable' 3 months into Israel-Hamas war

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

The U.N. humanitarian chief described Gaza on Friday as “uninhabitable” three months into Israel's war with Hamas, warning that famine was looming and a public health disaster unfolding.

In a grim assessment of the devastating impact of Israel’s military response to the horrific Hamas attacks on Oct. 7, Martin Griffiths said that Gaza's 2.3 million people face “daily threats to their very existence” while the world just watches.

He said tens of thousands of people, mostly women and children, have been killed or injured, families

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