‘Looming catastrophe’ will ‘dwarf anything we have seen so far’ in Gaza since 7 October 2023, famine review committee says
Palestinians in the Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza City wait to receive food aid. The independent Famine Review Committee says famine thresholds may already have been crossed in northern Gaza.Palestinians in the Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza City wait to receive food aid. The independent Famine Review Committee says famine thresholds may already have been crossed in northern Gaza.
The Famine Review Committee said it could be “assumed that starvation, malnutrition, and excess mortality due to malnutrition and disease, are rapidly increasing” in north Gaza. had been prevented until now only by its people’s refusal to succumb to the intense pressure to flee their homes and by Arab resolve not to accept mass population transfers.
More than 43,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s campaign in Gaza, according to local health officials, though experts say the true figure is likely to be much higher. Thousands are believed to remain buried under the rubble and tens of thousands more have been wounded.of verified deaths released on Friday, nearly 70% of the people killed in the war in Gaza have been women and children.
The IPC warned last month that the entire Gaza Strip was at risk of famine, while top UN officials last week described the northern Gaza Strip as “apocalyptic” and said everyone there was “at imminent risk of dying from disease, famine and violence”.
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