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UN-backed experts declare famine in and around Gaza City

Posted August 26 by thearctic

Tags: politics, israel, palestine.gaza city, gaza strip, geopolitics, disasters.humanitarian, famines, genocide, war, 2023 israel hamas war, united nations, integrated food security phase classification, author.jason burke, author.malak a tantesh, source.the guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/22/ipc-declares-famine-gaza-city

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Authors: Jason Burke, Malak A Tantesh
Published: Aug 22 2025
Word count: 1127 words

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thearctic (OP)
August 26
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An “entirely man-made” famine is taking place in Gaza’s largest city and its surrounding area amid deteriorating conditions that threaten an exponential increase in deaths across the devastated territory, UN-backed experts have declared.

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Topic log (3): mycketforvirrad added tag 'palestine.gaza city' and removed tag 'palestine' (27d 3h ago)

mycketforvirrad added tags 'disasters.humanitarian', 'famines' and removed tag 'famine' (27d 8h ago)

mycketforvirrad added tags 'palestine', 'famine', '2023 israel hamas war', 'author.jason burke', 'author.malak a tantesh', 'politics', 'geopolitics', 'gaza strip', 'war', 'integrated food security phase classification' and removed tags 'gaza', 'usa' (27d 8h ago)