Food shortages in the Gaza Strip have reached the level of famine, according to a report from Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), an independent group of relief and intergovernmental organizations that monitors global hunger conditions.
Famine status indicates acute malnutrition in at least 20 percent of the population and two adult deaths or four child deaths due to starvation for every 10,000 inhabitants, according to IPC’s criteria.
Scott Paul, director of peace and security at Oxfam America, which is a member of IPC, said the IPC report confirms what the agency has been warning about for some time.
“Just a few weeks ago, the IPC warned the famine was unfolding,” Paul told The Epoch Times. “So no one should be surprised when, a few weeks later, they’ve confirmed that that tipping point has been surpassed.”…
Hunger in Gaza Strip Classified as Famine, Global Body Says
