our report details what we saw during our recent trip to the region, including the destruction of Rafah that has reduced the city to rubble, and what we heard from experts in the field about how the Netanyahu government is systematically depriving Palestinians of the essentials needed to live—food, shelter, medicine, and water.
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Merkley discusses findings from their recent trip to the Middle East regarding the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
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