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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Samy Magdy

UN agencies say over 1 million in Gaza could experience highest level of starvation by mid-July

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United Nations agencies warned Wednesday that over 1 million Palestinians in Gaza could experience the highest level of starvation by the middle of next month if hostilities continue.

The World Food Program and the Food and Agriculture Organization said in a joint report that hunger is worsening because of heavy restrictions on humanitarian access and the collapse of the local food system in the nearly eight-month Israel-Hamas war.

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