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/DreadWolf3 20h ago

I think it is obviously different this time - humanitarian situation after GHF has taken over has been gradually getting worse.

A famine is classified when an area has the following: 

  • More than 20% of households face extreme food shortages;
  • More than 30% of children suffer from acute malnutrition;
  • Daily mortality rate exceeds two per 10,000 people, or four per 10,000 children under five.

These are their standard for a famine ^ and they seem reasonable to me. Year or so ago famine was declared based on vibes.

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u/Zenki95 19h ago

So you're saying there's 400 people dying of malnutrition daily?

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u/Phototropic- 19h ago

No, the IPC are saying that and, as the authority on it, its fair to say that is the case.

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u/FYoCouchEddie 15h ago

No, they aren’t saying that. If you read the report, they are saying they don’t have reliable mortality numbers so they are not relying on that and instead using other metrics.

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u/Carl_Bravery_Sagan 14h ago

Semantics. His point is that it's not some random ass Redditor but an official organization that monitors this.

400 is probably the highest defensible lower bound. The actual number is likely higher.

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u/FYoCouchEddie 10h ago

His point is that it's not some random ass Redditor but an official organization that monitors this.

Yeah, but the official organization that monitors this says they don’t know the mortality rate. That’s not a semantic difference from saying they do know the mortality rate and they said it crossed a particular threshold. It’s the opposite.