The Take: Gaza’s starvation looms over Biden’s State of the Union address
The UN says a quarter of the people in Gaza are ‘one step away’ from famine. Some children may never recover.

Will airdrops of food help the people of Gaza on the brink of famine? That’s the case United States President Joe Biden’s administration is making to the public as Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz visited Washington this week. Meanwhile, as Israel blocks aid, Palestinians are being forced to take extreme measures to avoid starvation.
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In this episode:
- Ali Harb (@Harbpeace), Al Jazeera senior producer
- Omar Abdel-Mannan (@Dr_Omar_AM), paediatric neurologist and co-founder, Health Workers 4 Palestine (@HealthWorkers4Pal)
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Miranda Lin and Sarí el-Khalili with our host Malika Bilal. Ashish Malhotra and Zaina Badr fact-checked this episode.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik, and Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer.
Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.
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