Starving for the truth

In August 2025, Gaza was officially declared famine-stricken. It was a declaration with which took issue several times over. Olivia Reingold has been on the case for a while now at the Free Press, as reflected in her August 2025 story “They Became Symbols for Gazan Starvation. But All 12 Suffer from Other Health Problems.” Reingold now updates the story with new data showing that the territory has…