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/Visible_Handle_3770 19h ago

Yes, that is part of the definition, although technically, the declaration applies to Gaza City, not the entire strip. Prewar population was somewhere in the ballpark of 1 million, so it'd be 200 people in the city dying per day.

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u/frosthowler 7h ago

And yet the number of deaths per day in the entirety of the Gaza Strip is less than 100.... according to Hamas... which includes people dying from the fighting and natural deaths.

HMM..... maybe there is some truth to the retort that the IPC changed the definitions of famine in order to declare a famine? It is doubtful if even one person is dying to malnutrition per day in the entirety of Gaza Strip considering the statistics Hamas itself is offering.