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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Larry Elliott and Lisa O'Carroll

World Bank report finds imminent risk of catastrophic famine in Gaza Strip

People crowd, mostly children, together holding buckets to try to collect food at a distribution centre
More than 1m people in Gaza face the risk of acute malnutrition or death, according to the report. Photograph: Hatem Ali/AP

Half the population of the Gaza Strip is at imminent risk of famine as food shortages approach catastrophic levels for more than a million people, the World Bank has warned.

Almost six months after the war between Israel and Hamas began, the Washington-based Bank said urgent action was needed to prevent widespread deaths from starvation within the next two months.

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