Sarah El Deeb
@seldeeb
Associated Press Investigative journalist. Based in Beirut. email me at seldeeb at ap dot org
Congrats to @AP team awarded the @PulitzerPrizes in Public Service @lhinnant @VasilisaUKR @mstyslav9 @EMaloletka. honored to have contributed to the coverage! posting below the winning work, incl chilling record of life (& death) in #mariupol, 2 reports I contributed to &1 I led
This month, the hunger that has been building among Gaza’s 2.3 million Palestinians passed a tipping point into accelerating death. After months of Israel blockade and little aid going in,food& treatments too have ran out w/ @LKeath Wafaa Shurafa apnews.com/article/gaza-p…
Dr. John Kahler, Medglobal’s co-founder and a pediatrician who volunteered twice in Gaza during the war [said] “It appears that we have crossed the line where a segment of the population has reached their limits” “This is the beginning of a population death spiral”
“There are no words in the face of the disaster we are in. Kids are dying before the world ... There is no uglier and more horrible phase than this”
"The five children died in succession last Thursday, Saturday and Sunday."
5 children starved to death at a Gaza hospital. “This is the beginning of a population death spiral,” predicted Dr. John Kahler, a pediatrician who has volunteered there. Essential read, by @seldeeb @LKeath & Wafaa Shurafa apnews.com/article/gaza-p…
Indispensable read for Investigating War Crimes: Starvation @gijn @mokhbersahafi gijn.org/resource/repor…
The State of Palestine joined the statement on behalf of GoF reaffirming its long standing position of harmonizing the crime of aggression, for the sake of the international law-based order and the victims of this supreme crime who deserve justice.
Since 1998, the crime of aggression has been listed at the same level as the other 3 core crimes. To harmonize the jurisdictional regime for all 4 core crimes and reduce the accountability gap will send a strong political message. Full group statement: new-york-un.diplo.de/un-en/2726266-…
A boy with a brain injury fights for his life in Gaza's decimated health system He’s 3 years old. 200 kids were evacuated since March out of 2,500 waiting for lifesaving treatment and rehabilitation. Thousands others need medical care they can’t get apnews.com/article/gaza-c…
After brief return home, a family in Gaza is forced by war to flee again - Wafaa Shurafa and @LKeath apnews.com/article/gaza-p…
Israeli use of human shields in Gaza was systematic, soldiers and former detainees tell the AP @sammednick @sammymagdy apnews.com/article/israel…
Concerns over plan to distribute supplies apnews.com/article/gaza-a… UN agencies warn that Israel's plans for aid distribution will endanger lives in Gaza
A plan to distribute supplies apnews.com/article/gaza-a… A US-backed group seeks to take over Gaza aid distribution in a plan similar to Israel's
This is how it looks. Hunger. apnews.com/article/gaza-i… Hunger and malnutrition are rising across Gaza as Israel's blockade leaves mothers with few options
Complications from hunger, stress, malnutrition apnews.com/article/israel… A pregnant woman in Gaza’s ruins fears for her baby under Israel’s blockade
How to fight hunger? apnews.com/article/gaza-i… Aid workers feel helpless as Israel's blockade pushes Gaza towards famine
Hospitals, again, in line of fire apnews.com/article/gaza-i… Two of the last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza are encircled by Israeli forces, staff say
