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A group of United Nations-backed experts on hunger issued an alert this morning, saying,
quote, the worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip.
But as NPR's Emily Fang reports, the group stopped short of issuing a formal famine declaration.
The Alert by the Global Initiative,
the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, warns that,
quote, widespread starvation, malnutrition, and disease are driving a rise in hunger-related deaths.
The World Health Organization says more than 60 people died of malnutrition in July alone,
more than 20 of them children under five years old.
For hunger to reach the famine threshold on the IPC,
the panel says it found at least 30% of children experiencing acute malnutrition.
The panel used data collected up to four days ago,
before Israel started letting in more food to Gaza.
So the group said a new analysis would be conducted without delay and updated data.
Israeli officials have denied there is starvation in Gaza and have blamed Hamas