Famine unfolding in Gaza: ‘Children are eating grass and weeds at the side of the road'
On Tuesday, after weeks of warnings, and growing reports of young children dying from malnutrition and starvation, a famine alert was issued for Gaza.
UN-backed hunger experts announced that the “worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip”.
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification Initiative (IPC) said the latest evidence of widespread starvation, malnutrition and disease indicated famine thresholds had been reached for food consumption in most of the Gaza Strip.
The UN’s world Food Programme also warned the disaster unfolding in Gaza was reminiscent of…
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