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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem and Malak A Tantesh in Gaza

Famine under way in Gaza, UN-backed experts say, as war death toll passes 60,000

People jostle while holding pots and pans to receive food
Palestinians gather to receive food from a charity kitchen in Gaza City on Monday. Photograph: Khamis Al-Rifi/Reuters

Gaza has passed two grim landmarks on a single day, as UN-backed hunger experts warned a “worst-case scenario of famine” was unfolding in the territory and called for “immediate action” shortly before health officials announced the death toll from Israeli attacks had passed 60,000.

With more than 145,000 others injured, nearly one in 10 Palestinians who lived in Gaza two years ago has become a casualty of the war. The majority of those killed were civilians, including over 18,000 children.

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