A Texas spinal surgeon at Al-Ahli Hospital treated a 17-year-old gunshot victim whose protruding ribs indicated severe malnutrition; the patient gestured to his empty mouth. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification declared parts of Gaza to be in famine and warned it is spreading. In the 24 hours after the announcement eight people died of malnutrition-related causes, bringing the reported war-period toll to 281 according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. A U.S. medical nonprofit reports one in six children under five suffers acute malnutrition. Israel rejects the famine finding, blames Hamas for aid diversion, while the U.N. cites Israeli restrictions and breakdowns in law and order that hinder food delivery to vulnerable populations.
On Friday, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, the leading authority on global hunger crises, said for the first time that parts of Gaza are in famine and warned that it is spreading. For months, U.N. agencies, aid groups and experts had warned that Israel's blockade and ongoing offensive were pushing the territory to the brink.
In the 24 hours following the famine announcement, eight people in Gaza died of malnutrition-related causes, bringing the overall toll of such deaths during the war to 281, according Gaza's Health Ministry, which is part of the Hamas-run government and staffed by medical professionals. A U.S. medical nonprofit working in Gaza says one in six children under 5 is affected by acute malnutrition.
Israel rejected the famine announcement, calling it an outright lie and pointing to its recent efforts to allow in more food after it eased a complete 2 month blockade in May. It has accused Hamas of siphoning off aid allegations disputed by the United Nations, which says Israeli restrictions and a breakdown of law and order make it extremely difficult to deliver food to the most vulnerable
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