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World reacts as UN-backed body declares famine in Gaza

Palestinian children wait with others for food at a distribution point in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip [File: Eyad Baba/AFP]

Gaza City and surrounding areas are officially suffering from famine, and it will likely spread across the enclave, a United Nations-backed global hunger monitor has said.

On Friday, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) system said 514,000 people, close to a quarter of Palestinians in Gaza, are experiencing famine, with the number due to rise to 641,000 by the end of September.

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