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    The Israeli government has repeatedly denied Gaza is facing starvation, and says that the more than two-month aid blockade is to force Hamas to release the remaining hostages taken in the Oct. 7 attack that killed just under 1,200 people. But according to the United Nation’s World Food Programme, there are at least 14,000 who are severely malnourished. Debora Patta reports.

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    • CBS News: "6-year-old girl in Gaza weighs just 13 pounds amid growing starvation crisis" https://t.co/hwXV84jIEz

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    Bulldozers and explosives are flattening Gaza from the ground — what soldiers say is a systematic campaign to make the Strip unlivable.

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    • Here’s an article that describes the tools, history, and motivation behind the IDF’s extraordinary campaign of mass destruction of Palestinian homes, largely without any military purpose. Again, this is the destruction of the means of living for a people https://t.co/Q1pilXs2ox

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    The proposal, which is to be considered this week by a key House panel, omits some of the furthest-reaching reductions to the health program but would leave millions without coverage or facing higher costs.

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    • ... can't afford it. Not exactly rocket science. Medicaid does have real shortcomings. Cutting it will only exacerbate them, and also hobble the finances of many providers which could have spillover effects on the care of other patients. https://t.co/r6r7DvXbcc