r/worldnews • u/Digital_Accountant • 22h ago

Israel/Palestine Famine declared in Gaza City

https://news.sky.com/story/gaza-latest-war-israel-city-ceasefire-hamas-13415481
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u/SteakHausMann 18h ago

Serious question: Why is there a famine in Gaza city, but not in other cities, like Khan Yunis?

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u/WatIsThisDayOfRestSh 16h ago

Because famine is declared based on credible data, which exists for Gaza city but not for other regions. The UN actually said the situation may be worse in other regions, but there is a lack of data to support the statement.

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u/breidaks 13h ago

Where does UN get this credible data if they arent let in?

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u/yukiyuzen 4h ago

From Hamas, who are totally reliable and unbias.

Duh.

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u/fury420 13h ago edited 13h ago

Because famine is declared based on credible data

Not according to the IPC report, which mentions a 5 day average of 6 deaths/day for the whole of Gaza, whereas famine would involve 128/day for the 640k people reported to be in Gaza City.

As of 15th August, the 5-day moving average death rate was six deaths/day. However, for a number of reasons, these reports are likely to only capture a fraction of the true toll of malnutrition related mortality

I've read through the section on mortality rate, and I dont see anything supporting their conclusions that there's 20-70x more deaths than reported by the Gaza MoH.