<p>PRESS REVIEW – Friday, August 1: Shocking images of famine in Gaza dominate front pages today, as US envoy Steve Witkoff travels to the territory amid mounting humanitarian concerns. Also, a Ukrainian soldier was reportedly rescued from enemy lines using an electric bike dropped by a drone. And, Microsoft has released a list ranking professions by their “AI applicability” – a potential indicator of which jobs could be most vulnerable to automation in the years ahead.</p><br />Famine in Gaza dominates many front pages today. The British daily The Guardian explores Israel’s "mathematics of starvation". The formula, the paper argues, is simple: Palestinians cannot leave, farming has been halted by war, and fishing is banned by Israel — meaning every single calorie must be imported. Israel, knowing how much food is needed, has been "calibrating hunger in Gaza for decades" to apply pressure without triggering full-scale starvation. But that calculation has changed. Today, the numbers add up to famine. Israeli officials, the paper says, can no longer shift blame for this man-made catastrophe. Other front page underpin the gravity of the months-long famine. Al Quds al Araby, the pan-Arab London based paper calls the outrage over the famine a "diplomatic tsunami against Israel". For the paper, the sacrifices of Palestinians has opened the path to the possible recognition of the Palestinian state by several countries. It comes as Donald Trump’s Mid East advisor Steve Witkoff heads to Gaza this Friday to take stock of the reality of the situation there. The centre-left Israeli daily Haaretz quotes on its front page the Gazan humanitarian food director for Save the Children. She recalls shock after witnessing at the... Go on reading on our web site.<br />Visit our website:<br />http://www.france24.com<br /><br />Like us on Facebook:<br />https://www.facebook.com/FRANCE24.English<br /><br />Follow us on Twitter:<br />https://twitter.com/France24_en<br />
