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Gaza’s catastrophic food shortage means mass death imminent, says monitor

Gaza’s catastrophic food shortage means mass death imminent, says monitor
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Gaza’s catastrophic food shortage means mass death imminent, says monitor
In all, 1.1 million Gazans are experiencing ‘catastrophic’ shortages of food. (AP pic)

CAIRO: Extreme food shortages in parts of the Gaza Strip have already exceeded famine levels, and mass death is now imminent without an immediate ceasefire and surge of food to areas cut off by fighting, the global hunger monitor said on Monday.

The Integrated Food-Security Phase Classification (IPC), whose assessments are relied on by UN agencies, said 70% of people in parts of northern Gaza were suffering the most severe level of food shortage, more than triple the 20% threshold to be considered famine.