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‘These trees may not survive’: Jordan’s ancient olive harvest wilts under record-breaking heat
ByMohamed Ersan in Amman January 1, 2026

Extreme heat and drought has destroyed 70% of Jordan’s olive crop, endangering livelihoods of 80,000 families and a centuries-old traditionAbu Khaled al-Zoubi, 67, walks slowly through his orchard in Irbid, northern Jordan, his footsteps kicking up dus…

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‘You sneak in and hope you make it back’: the Sudanese volunteers risking it all to bring care to millions
ByMark Townsend December 24, 2025

Members of Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms network tell Guardian they didn’t mind missing out on the Nobel peace prize because ‘we only want to help’Doing good gets you killed in Sudan. It was why Amira did not tell her mother when she joined a volunt…

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‘Will my baby be born in a tent? Will it have food?’: what it’s like to be pregnant in Gaza
ByNour Ziad al-Batsh October 1, 2025

The World Health Organization has warned that more than 40% of pregnant women in the Gaza Strip are malnourished. Here, Nour Ziad al-Batsh, who is expecting her third child in March, describes her daily struggle to find food and healthcareThis pregnanc…

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‘Will my baby be born in a tent? Will it have food?’: what it’s like to be pregnant in Gaza
ByNour Ziad al-Batsh October 1, 2025

The World Health Organization has warned that more than 40% of pregnant women in the Gaza Strip are malnourished. Here, Nour Ziad al-Batsh, who is expecting her third child in March, describes her daily struggle to find food and healthcareThis pregnanc…

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‘Too hungry to think, too weak to sit upright. Concentration slips away’: the struggle to stay focussed as an academic in Gaza
ByAhmed Kamal Junina August 19, 2025

It is hard to keep the mind sharp when the body is thin and dehydrated, but solidarity is teaching starving students their thoughts still matterI must admit: I write this piece while starving – too hungry to think clearly, too weak to sit upright for l…

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Israel tries to deflect blame for widespread starvation in Gaza
ByPeter Beaumont July 25, 2025

Officials and ministers either deny that Palestinians are being affected by hunger or say it is not Israel’s faultMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesIsrael is pursuing an extensive PR effort to remove itself from blame for the starvation and killi…

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Israel tries to deflect blame for widespread starvation in Gaza
ByPeter Beaumont July 25, 2025

Officials and ministers either deny that Palestinians are being affected by hunger or say it is not Israel’s faultMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesIsrael is pursuing an extensive PR effort to remove itself from blame for the starvation and killi…

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‘We live on bread and tea. I’ve wished for death’: Yemen’s forgotten refugees
BySaeed Al-Batati in Al-Mukalla July 10, 2025

War has intensified poverty and hunger as aid is cut, with many families living in makeshift camps barely survivingThe pain of going to bed hungry is becoming familiar for Jamila Rabea. It’s hard to sleep. The meagre rations of bread, tomato paste and …

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‘We live on bread and tea. I’ve wished for death’: Yemen’s forgotten refugees
BySaeed Al-Batati in Al-Mukalla July 10, 2025

War has intensified poverty and hunger as aid is cut, with many families living in makeshift camps barely survivingThe pain of going to bed hungry is becoming familiar for Jamila Rabea. It’s hard to sleep. The meagre rations of bread, tomato paste and …

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Send in armed UN troops to protect aid convoys or risk ‘dystopia’, says expert
ByMark Townsend June 16, 2025

UN rapporteur calls for move as food deliveries are attacked and starvation becomes a weapon of war in Gaza and SudanUN peacekeepers should be routinely deployed to protect aid convoys from attack in places such as Gaza and Sudan, a senior United Natio…

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