Gaza: Children Still at Risk Despite Drop in Acute Hunger

New UNICEF-Led Data Undermines Claims of Gaza Famine

On July 22, a UNICEF-led team measuring hunger in Gaza uploaded a presentation containing its most comprehensive analysis since war broke out nearly three years ago.The report, titled “Gaza Nutrition SMART Survey Result,” revealed a stark reversal from the declarations made almost exactly a year ago that a dire famine was ravaging the war-torn territory.“Wasting,” the report said, using a term for extreme thinness, “is low across all domains, su…

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© IOM A displaced father grows vegetables for his family beside a temporary shelter in Gaza. This article is published in association with United Nations. Among tent cities pitched on the rubble of destroyed homes in Gaza, children are, by one measure, finally getting enough to eat. By another, however, many of them may never fully recover, according to a new study by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) released on Monday. Key points Famine was rep…

Gaza: Children still at risk despite drop in acute hunger

Among tent cities pitched on the rubble of destroyed homes in Gaza, children are, by one measure, finally getting enough to eat. By another, however, many of them may never fully recover, according to a new study by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) released on Monday.