Paris, May 12, 2025 (AFP) - Gaza faces 'critical risk of famine': UN report

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2025-05-12
Gaza is at "critical risk of famine", with 22 percent of the population facing an imminent humanitarian "catastrophe" after more than two months of an aid blockade by Israel, a food security monitor warned Monday. Gaza's entire population of around 2.4 million people is at risk of a food crisis "or worse" by September, the UN- and NGO-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) said in a report. "Nineteen months into the conflict,......
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