Letters to the Editor: Man-made famine unfolding in Gaza

Conor O’Neill, Christian Aid Ireland; Karol Balfe, ActionAid Ireland; Senator Frances Black, and Éamonn Meehan, Sadaka; at the launch of the campaign to pass the Occupied Territories Bill last December. Picture: Gareth Chaney
It has now been two long, harrowing months since Israel reinstated a total siege on Gaza, blocking the entry of life-saving humanitarian aid and commercial goods into a region already devastated by war.
This marks the longest period Israel has blocked all aid and goods from entering Gaza in history.