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[–] OccamsTeapot 38 points 6 months ago (1 children)

While we can say with confidence that famine is a significant risk in the south and centre but not present, in the north, it is both a risk and quite possibly is present in at least some areas

I'm not a doctor or anything but based on the picture in the article alone isn't "quite possibly" really underselling it?

News: at least 20 people have already died from malnutrition

US: Hmm yeah could be a famine there, not sure. Hard to tell.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

"Famine" is a technical term with quite a high threshold:

  • At least 20 per cent of the population in that particular area are facing extreme levels of hunger;

  • 30 per cent of the children in the same place are wasted, or too thin for their height; and

  • The death – or mortality – rate has doubled, from the average, surpassing two deaths per 10,000 daily for adults and four deaths per 10,000 daily for children.

Source: UN

[–] Maggoty 23 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You should check out the actual part of the UN responsible for declaring famines, the IPC. They use phases 1 through 5 to describe the severity of the situation. Northern Gaza is Stage 5 and Southern Gaza is Stage 4.

The definition of their phases -

Differentiation between different levels of severity of acute food insecurity, classifying units of analysis in five distinct phases: (1) Minimal/None, (2) Stressed, (3) Crisis, (4) Emergency, (5) Catastrophe/Famine.

We are at Catastrophe. Famine is not a warning designation, it is when a lot of people start dying. The warnings have been coming for months. You do not wait until the IPC says, yup it's a famine, to treat it seriously.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago

This. Humanitarian NGOs have been warning about this for months now. The crisis is happening right now.

[–] OccamsTeapot 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for the info! Didn't know about that

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] OccamsTeapot 2 points 6 months ago