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Topher L. McDougal

Topher L. McDougal is a professor of Economic Development & Peacebuilding at the University of San Diego.

Children watch as civil defense responders search for victims in the rubble of a building after an Israeli air strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on October 13, 2023. (SAID KHATIB/AFP via Getty Images)

Gaza humanitarian crisis is “dire” under Israel’s blockade — and rapidly getting worse

Topher L. McDougal