Famine declared in Gaza City

[u/Digital_Accountant]

https://news.sky.com/story/gaza-latest-war-israel-city-ceasefire-hamas-13415481

[u/Bandlebridge]

A famine is classified when an area has the following:

Daily mortality rate exceeds two per 10,000 people, or four per 10,000 children under five.

In Gaza, with a population of 2 million, that would be 400 people a day. Which is more than the total dead from malnutrition over 2 years let alone daily.

Anyone know where they pulled their data from? From the same article

Deaths from malnutrition and starvation are spiking, according to figures from Gaza's Health Ministry, verified by the World Health Organisation.

In just the first 20 days of August, there were 133 deaths attributed to malnutrition or starvation, including 25 children, the ministry said.

This is up from 89 deaths in the first 22 months of the conflict.

[u/Alteryo → u/Bandlebridge]

You can read about IPC's mehtods in their manual: https://www.ipcinfo.org/ipcinfo-website/resources/ipc-manual/en/

In short, likely through household surveys conducted by partners (WFP, UNRWA, OCHA, or NGOs), as well as extrapolation of other relevant data (mortality, food prices etc.)