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"Israel has banned the UN aid-coordinating agency, Unrwa, from accessing the
population of northern Gaza where a major famine is now believed to be
imminent. The country has accused UNWRA staff of involvement in the October 7
Hamas attack but has provided no evidence this was the case and the agency
denies the allegations.
Across the whole 141-square-mile Palestinian enclave, there are now high levels
of critical food insecurity. But the situation is worst in the governorates of
North Gaza and Gaza, where the situation is assessed at the highest level under
international standard IPC 5, which represents “catastrophe/famine”.
This is defined as “an area has at least 20% of households facing an extreme
lack of food, at least 30% of children suffering from acute malnutrition, and
two people for every 10,000 dying each day due to outright starvation or to the
interaction of malnutrition and disease”.
The middle governorates of Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis, and Rafah in the
south, are presently classed as being IPC 4, or “emergency”. This means the
areas have large food consumption gaps, which are reflected in very high acute
malnutrition and excess mortality."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
