Famine is 'playing out' in Gaza, warns global hunger monitor
The latest data indicated that famine thresholds have been reached for food consumption in most of the war-torn Palestinian enclave, where some 2.1 million people remain, and for acute malnutrition in Gaza City, the alert said. Picture: Getty
Famine is "playing out" in the Gaza Strip, a global hunger monitor said in an alert issued on Tuesday as international criticism of Israel intensifies over rapidly worsening conditions in the Palestinian enclave.
"The worst-case scenario of Famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip," said the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) alert.Â
