Gaza’s Entire Population Is Facing A Food Crisis, Rising Risk Of Famine: Report
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Famine thresholds may be reached within the next six months if proper action isn’t taken, warned a new report released by global agencies, including the U.N.
Gaza’s population of more than 2.2 million people is experiencing an unprecedented food crisis, with the risk of famine rising daily amid the ongoing Hamas-Israel war, according to an alarming new report released Thursday.
The report, released by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) — which is produced with global agencies, including the U.N. — said an immediate reduction in hostilities and increased humanitarian access is needed to prevent a “realistic chance” of starvation.
“This is the highest share of people facing high levels of acute food insecurity that the IPC initiative has ever classified for any given area or country,” the report stated.
The report showed that more than 40% of the region’s population is in an emergency food scarcity phase as of Dec. 8, and more than 15% is in a catastrophe phase. The IPC’s final phase after catastrophe is famine.
Famine, which is when deaths from starvation or malnutrition are reported daily, has only been declared twice in the past 12 years, according to the IPC. That was in parts of southern Somalia in 2011 and in parts of South Sudan in 2017.
