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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kaamil Ahmed

Food aid failing to reach Gaza residents despite ‘catastrophic’ hunger crisis

Palestinians line up for a free meal in Rafah, Gaza Strip
International aid agencies say Gaza is suffering from shortages of food, medicine and other basic supplies as a result of the war between Israel and Hamas. Photograph: Fatima Shbair/AP

A couple of biscuits and a can of beans is all that many Palestinians in Gaza say is being given to families to live on, if they receive aid at all, and that they are finding donated items for sale in the markets.

The risk of famine is increasing every day, according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), which said this week that Gaza’s entire population is suffering “catastrophic levels of acute food insecurity”, the highest proportion of a population with acute food insecurity the monitor has ever recorded.

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