UN AGENCY ESTIMATES 400 DYING DAILY FROM STARVATION IN GAZA
From:
"Terry Lodge tjlodge50@PROTECTED [Northwest Ohio Peace Coalition]" <peacelist@PROTECTED>
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Date:
August 22nd 2025
Do the math from what I've highlighted below, which is lifted from the article. 400 per day equates to 12,000 starvation deaths per month. That calculated death rate does not include deaths from other causes in Gaza, as by being mass murdered at aid distribution sites, or being bombed for not having evacuated Gaza City. Or from being bombed, shot or having a building collapse on you for the crime of existing anywhere in Gaza.
Happening in real time before an outraged world public contained by the vilest political class imaginable.
The UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) – a globally recognised system for classifying the severity of food insecurity and malnutrition – has been used to declare just four famines since it was established in 2004, most recently in Sudan last year.
Although the IPC has previously warned famine is imminent in parts of Gaza, it has until now stopped short of making a formal declaration, citing a lack of hard data.
In order to declare a famine, three strict criteria must be met: at least 20 per cent of households face an extreme lack of food, at least 30 per cent of children suffer acute malnutrition, and two people for every 10,000 die each day due to “outright starvation”.
The IPC will state that a famine is taking place in the “Gaza Governorate”, which comprises Gaza City, three surrounding towns, and several refugee camps, according to a briefing shared with its partner organisations and seen by The Telegraph.
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