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Gaza Has Been at Risk of Famine for Months, Experts Say. Here's Why They Haven't Declared One
GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE, JUL 22 – Nearly 100,000 women and children face severe acute malnutrition as aid deliveries remain far below the 600 trucks daily needed, worsening Gaza's hunger crisis, UN agencies report.
- Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are facing critical hunger levels, with warnings of impending famine, as stated by U.N. officials and aid groups.
- Gaza's Health Ministry stated that more than 100 people, mainly children, have died from hunger and malnutrition. This ministry is regarded as a reliable source for war death estimates by the U.N. and experts.
- Nearly 100,000 women and children in Gaza suffer from severe acute malnutrition, with a third of the population going days without food, according to Ross Smith, the World Food Program's director for emergencies.
- The World Food Program urges for a massive increase in food aid to stabilize the desperate situation, stating that 'only a massive scale-up in food aid distributions can stabilize this spiraling situation,' amid limited aid entry due to Israeli restrictions.
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On Wednesday 23 July, 111 NGOs called on the international community to take action against the "mass famine" in the Gaza Strip. On the spot, the organizations were challenged by the blockade, but also by the continued strikes of the Israeli army. And among the first victims, the children of the Gaza Strip. Baptiste Chapuis, responsible for the advocacy and international programmes of UNICEF, portrayed their infernal daily life and called for th…
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Gaza has been at risk of famine for months, experts say. Here’s why they haven’t declared one
For months, U.N. officials, aid groups and experts have warned that Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are on the brink of famine without formally declaring one. Read more...
"Our colleagues and the people we help are dying," alarmed in a statement issued on Wednesday, calling for an immediate ceasefire, the opening of all land crossings and the free movement of humanitarian aid.
UN and international agencies warn of critical levels of malnutrition, but restrictions and lack of reliable data complicate official confirmation
For months, UN officials, aid groups, and experts have warned that Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are on the brink of famine, although it has not been formally declared.
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