Intolerable and catastrophic.That’s how the UN's top humanitarian official describes the siege of northern Gaza. Israel is accused of carrying out a plan to end Palestinian resistance by starving people to force them out of the area. Can the operation succeed?

In this episode:

• Meron Rapoport, Veteran Israeli investigative journalist and editor, Local Call.
• Bushra Khalidi, Humanitarian Policy Lead, Oxfam.
• Luigi Daniele, Senior Lecturer, Laws of Armed Conflict, Nottingham Trent University.

Host: James Bays 

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