World Food Program declares action required to stop hunger in Gaza

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On Tuesday, the Director of the World Food Program's Food Security and Nutrition Analysis, stated that the situation in the Gaza Strip has worsened exponentially and declared that hunger is emerging in Gaza and requires action by all members of the United Nations. teleSUR

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00:00On Tuesday, the director of the World Food Program's Food Security and Nutrition Analysis

00:05stated that the situation in the Gaza Strip has worsened exponentially

00:09and declared that hunger is emerging in Gaza and requires action by all members of the United Nations.

00:17This analysis was done in May 2025, and what it said was that there was a risk of famine for the Gaza Strip.

00:24Since May, the situation for food security and nutrition has gotten a lot worse.

00:30What the data tells us is that two of the three indicators that we monitor have breached famine thresholds.

00:38The three indicators that we look at include, number one, household food deficits,

00:43number two, global acute malnutrition, and number three, mortality.

00:48Today, we've got over 33% of the population that goes an entire day without having access to any food.

00:56For malnutrition, the levels of global acute malnutrition have quadrupled in Gaza City between May and July.

01:04So for two of the three indicators, we're above famine thresholds, which indicates how serious the situation has gotten.

01:10Now a famine is emerging in Gaza, and that...

01:16There's a million people that have been reported in Gaza City in Gaza City.

01:27Otherwise...

01:29There's a million people who say on the street that have had mentioned in Gaza City.

01:33In Gaza City, there are many people that would be moving to the Gaza City of Gaza City.

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