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Radio 4,13 May 2025,4 mins

Doctor in Gaza: ‘There’s undoubtedly malnutrition everywhere’

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Phillip Lazzarini, the head of the UN agency Unrwa which works with Palestinian refugees, says Israel's blockade of food and humanitarian aid is a ‘weapon of war’. Israel is also not allowing any journalists into the strip but international doctors are still able to enter. Dr Tomo Potoka is a plastic surgeon with the charity IDEALS and was in Gaza a month after the Oct 7th attacks. He returned there last week. He tells Sarah Montague about the effects of the blockade on the ground.

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