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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jason Burke

Food security experts warn Gaza at ‘critical risk of famine’ amid Israeli blockade

People crowd to receive food, as a child cries in the centre
Palestinians receive food cooked by a charity kitchen in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. Photograph: Mahmoud Issa/Reuters

Gaza is at “critical risk of famine”, food security experts have warned, 10 weeks after Israel imposed a blockade on the devastated Palestinian territory, cutting off all supplies including food, medicine, shelter and fuel.

In its most recent report, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) said on Monday there had been a “major deterioration” in the food security situation in Gaza since its last assessment in October 2024 and that Palestinians living there faced “a critical risk of famine”.

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