Brett Wilkins is a staff writer for Common Dreams.
Independent U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Friday gave a qualified endorsement of American military airdrops of desperately needed humanitarian supplies into Gaza, echoing assertions from other human rights defenders that Israel must allow massive, immediate ground shipments of aid to reach the bombed and besieged Palestinians who are beginning to starve to death. President Joe Biden announced Friday that the U.S.
Children are now starving to death, and experts say adults, especially elders and other vulnerable people, will soon follow absent urgent intervention. Israeli forces have bombed food production and distribution centers, destroyed crops, and killed livestock. They have also attacked fishers and fired on aid convoys.
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