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GAZA STRIP: IPC Acute Food Insecurity Special Snapshot | 2.13M 2.23M

18 Mar 2024

Overview Current Acute Food Insecurity | 15 February - 15 March Projected Acute Food Insecurity | 16 March - 15 July The IPC acute food insecurity analysis conducted in December 2023 warned of a risk that Famine may occur by the end of May 2024 if an 95 percent of the analysed The entire population in the immediate cessation of hostilities and sustained access for the provision population in the G. [...] From mid-March to mid-July, in the most likely scenario and under the assumption of an escalation of the conflict including a ground offensive in Rafah, half of the population of the Gaza Strip (1.11 million people) is expected to face catastrophic conditions (IPC Phase 5), the most severe level in the IPC Acute Food Insecurity scale. [...] The Famine threshold for household of households facing anextreme lack of fo od DEATHS operation in Rafah, continuation of the ground operation in Khan acute food insecurity has already been far exceeded and the steeply Younis, and resumption of the ground operation in Deir al-Balah. [...] This requires putting an end to the hostilities, mobilizing insecurity concluded by the Analysis Team both for the current and necessary resources and ensuring the safe delivery of humanitarian assistance to the projected period are plausible. [...] The high Restore commercial and production systems degree of volatility around the conflict limits the ability to consider longer For further information on how the IPC classifies Famine, please consult the Traffic of commercial goods should also be fully resumed to meet the analysis periods.
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