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'Children are paying the highest price,' says aid worker as famine confirmed in Gaza City

Israel says "there is no famine in Gaza" after the IPC reports more than 500,000 people in the Strip are facing "starvation, ...

Famine determined in parts of Gaza, 500,000 experiencing 'catastrophic' hunger

The report also found that more than half a million people in the Gaza Strip are facing Phase 5 conditions, which are ...

U.N.-backed agency says famine in northern Gaza

A U.N.-backed food security group has issued a dire warning: famine has officially now taken hold in northern Gaza and is ...

Famine grips Gaza's largest city and is likely to spread, authority on food crises says

The world's leading authority on food crises said Friday the Gaza Strip's largest city is gripped by famine, and that it is ...

Who determines famine and how do they confirm it?

A global hunger monitor determined on Friday that famine is taking place in Gaza, nearly two years after Israel launched a ...

Part of Gaza Is Suffering From Famine, Monitors Say. What Does That Mean?

For an area to be experiencing famine, at least 30 percent of children under 5 must be considered acutely malnourished by ...

Drone attack destroys trucks carrying UN food to Sudan’s famine-hit Darfur region

The World Food Program says a drone attack on a 16-truck U.N. convoy carrying food aid to Sudan’s famine-hit North Darfur ...

UNICEF's Catherine Russell calls methodology discussions "obscene" in Gaza famine declaration

Following the Friday announcement by a U.N.-designated food crisis authority that Gaza City is experiencing famine, which ...