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December 15, 2008       Share:    

Source: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081212.wgaza12/BNStory/

UN: People in Gaza Aren't Starving

[Globe and Mail-Canada] Patrick Martin - Although conditions in Gaza are far from ideal, many Gazans are able to get by on what the Hamas-controlled smuggling tunnels provide. Coupled with a large surplus of fruit and vegetables, the vast majority of people in Gaza aren't wanting for food. Reports that 50% of children are suffering from malnutrition are exaggerations, says Khaled Abdel Shaafi, director of the UN Development Program. "It's an economic crisis, a political crisis, but it's not a humanitarian crisis. People aren't starving," he said. The market in Rafah, on the border with Egypt, is packed with products and with shoppers.

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