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"In the overcrowded, rubble strewn streets of Gaza City, there was little
surprise at the announcement that UN-backed experts believed the scenes of
desperation could now be formally described as a famine.
“This is something we have been saying for months now, and we have witnessed
this and we have been living this and suffering this. We feel very powerless
and very sick and very tired,” said Amjad Shawa, the director of the
Palestinian NGO Network, who has been in Gaza City throughout the 22-month war.
On Friday, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a globally
recognised organisation that classifies the severity of food insecurity and
malnutrition, found that three key thresholds for a declaration of famine had
been met in the once bustling commercial and administrative hub.
Only four famines have been declared by the IPC since it was established in
2004, most recently in Sudan last year. “This famine is entirely man-made, it
can be halted and reversed,” the report said. It warned of an exponential
increase in deaths if “a ceasefire is not implemented … and essential food
supplies and basic … services are not restored immediately”.
It is the most vulnerable among the Palestinians now living in Gaza City,
thought to be between 500,00 and 800,000 people, that are most at risk,
especially elderly people, the young, sick or socially isolated, aid officials
have said."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
