The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification issued a new report that concluded that the entire population in the Gaza Strip, more than 2 million, face serious food insecurity as war continues.
TEL AVIV, Israel — Famine is"imminent" in northern Gaza, where around 300,000 people still remain, and is at risk of happening any time between now and May, according to a new report by experts who are the world's leading authority on hunger.from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, concluded that the entire population in the Gaza Strip, more than 2 million people, are already facing high levels of acute food insecurity.
There are already reports that children in Gaza are dying from a lack of food and water. Gaza's Ministry of Health has reported that at least 23 children in the northern part of the territory have died from malnutrition and dehydration in recent weeks. Israeli authorities have curtailed the amount of aid entering Gaza since Oct. 7, when Hamas-led militants stormed southern Israel and killed 1,200 people.have entered Gaza, but the need continues to far outweigh the relief actually reaching individuals in the territory.
The IPC report found that food is in short supply and nearly everyone in Gaza is skipping meals. The organization also found that there has been a spike in the number of young children who are acutely malnourished: About one out of every three children under two years old in northern Gaza.
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