LONDON: A UN expert who raised the alarm over deliberate mass starvation in Gaza a year and a half ago said governments and corporations “cannot act surprised” now at the escalating humanitarian catastrophe in the territory. “Israel has built the most efficient starvation machine you can imagine,” Michael Fakhri, the UN’s special rapporteur on the right to food, told The Guardian newspaper on Monday. “So while it’s always shocking to see people being starved, no one should act surprised. All the information has been out in the open since early 2024. “Israel is starving Gaza. It’s genocide.

Michael Fakhri, UN special rapporteur on the right to food, who sounded the alarm in early 2024, says: ‘Israel is starving Gaza. It’s genocide’

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