"A global hunger-monitoring group declared last week that Gaza's largest city and its surrounding area were suffering from an entirely man-made famine, mostly caused by Israel's deliberate starvation strategy and continued siege of the territory. This news won't surprise anyone who has paid even scant attention to the images and videos of emaciated children and desperate parents that have been coming out of Gaza for months."
"But the first confirmation of famine by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), which includes the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization and other aid agencies, is an important institutional marker. Years from now, it will serve as a reminder of how Israel used starvation as a weapon of war while western powers did nothing. And it will be a source of shame for all those"
"Donald Trump can stop this famine the US is Israel's largest weapons supplier and most important political supporter. But he has chosen not to. Instead, Trump is backing the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, in his latest plan to sow more death and destruction by invading Gaza City and displacing 1 million Palestinians. Last month, the US president said children in Gaza look very hungry, adding that scenes of suffering showed real starvation."
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) declared Gaza City and surrounding areas to be in a man-made famine largely driven by Israel's deliberate starvation strategy and siege. Images and videos show emaciated children and desperate parents across the territory. The IPC confirmation functions as an institutional marker and a reminder that starvation has been used as a weapon of war while western powers largely failed to act. The United States, as Israel's principal weapons supplier and political backer, has the power to halt the famine but has not intervened. The IPC requires crossing thresholds including at least 20% of households facing extreme food shortages and at least 30% of children suffering acute malnutrition.
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