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Local branches to debate motion calling for sanctions after targeting of schools and killing of aid workers and journalists in Gaza

<article data-history-node-id="422066" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/over-3500-children-under-five-face-imminent-death-starvation-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/over-3500-children-under-five-face-imminent-death-starvation-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Over 3,500 children under five 'face imminent death by starvation' in Gaza</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Over 35,000 children under the age of five in Gaza face imminent death by starvation, the enclave's Government Media Office said in a statement.</p> <p>It added that over 70,000 children across the territory are being hospitalised due to severe&nbsp;malnutrition amid Israel's total blockade on the strip.</p> <p>“At a time when 1.1 million children daily lack the minimum nutritional requirements for survival, this crime is being perpetrated by the ‘Israeli’ occupation using starvation as a weapon, amid shameful international silence,” the statement said.</p> </div> </div> </article>

Anthony Albanese expresses his astonishment at claims made by Israel's prime minister that "there is no starvation in Gaza", telling Labor MPs that statement is "beyond comprehension".