Starving Gaza 'is a war crime', says UN rights chief | AFP

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It is a war crime to use starvation as a method of warfare, says UN spokesperson Jeremy Laurence as he reads a statement from UN rights chief Volker Turk, after famine was declared in the Gaza Strip. The resulting deaths may also amount to the war crime of wilful killing, he adds.