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Bernie Sanders: “United nations reports that more than 2 million people out…”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Senate Debate on Gaza Humanitarian Crisis: Bernie Sanders vs. Ohio Senator

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The few remaining community kitchens are also shutting down. Most people are now surviving on scarce canned goods, often a single can of beans or some lentils shared between a family once a day. United nations reports that more than 2 million people out of a population of 2.2 million face severe food shortages. The starvation hits children the hardest. At least 65,000 children now show symptoms of malnutrition and dozens have already starved to death. (04:09–04:21)

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Asserts that over 2 million people in Gaza face severe food shortages according to the UN.

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