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What Does It Take for a Famine to Be Declared in Gaza?
- Famine has returned to Gaza, where people face catastrophic shortages of food, water, and medicine, according to the British Red Cross and the World Health Organization.
- As of May 2025, FEWS NET estimates that 925,000 Gazans are experiencing "emergency" acute food insecurity, approaching starvation levels.
- U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres described Gaza as a "horror show" due to rampant starvation and destruction.
- Famine in Gaza has not been officially declared, although starvation occurs prior to such a designation.
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BBC gathers testimonies from relatives of some of the people who have died in the last week from famine in Gaza
Only strict criteria based on scientific evidence make it possible to officially declare a famine. However, this evidence is almost impossible to establish at present, due in particular to:
·France
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In the Gaza Strip, more and more people are starving, but the world is watching.
·Zürich, Switzerland
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Leaning Left6Leaning Right1Center1Last UpdatedBias Distribution75% Left
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