Gaza City and Surrounding Areas Officially Hit by Famine, Global Group Says | NYGazet

At least half a million people in the enclave were facing the most severe conditions measured by U.N.-backed international experts: starvation, acute malnutrition and death.

The group said that the proportion of Gaza households reporting very severe hunger had doubled from May to July. It had more than tripled in Gaza City, where famine was confirmed, but Khan Younis and Deir al-Balah had also passed the famine threshold... [4976 chars]