‘Catastrophic levels of hunger’ in Gaza mean ‘famine is imminent’, says aid coalition

‘Catastrophic levels of hunger’ in Gaza mean ‘famine is imminent’, says aid coalition

More than a million people are at risk, according to report, as Oxfam says Israeli authorities are blocking relief deliveries

Famine is imminent in northern Gaza with people already suffering “catastrophic levels of hunger”, a coalition of aid groups has warned.

The situation was labelled “man-made starvation”, as the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a group that includes the World Food Programme and the World Health Organization, said that 1.1 million people, half of Gaza’s population, faced famine.

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