The world’s hunger watchdog, known as the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) system, has begun an analysis of the lack of food and malnutrition in the Gaza Strip, reports Al Jazeera.
The assessment began on April 28 and will last one week, according to the UN’s humanitarian agency (OCHA). More than 50 trained analysts from UN agencies and aid groups, both from the Gaza Strip and from abroad, are taking part in the exercise, it said.
The assessment comes as aid agencies warn that Gaza is on the verge of famine with Israel’s total blockade of the Strip entering its 60th day.
This siege is the longest such closure the Gaza Strip has ever faced.
The IPC had issued at least four warnings since Israel’s war on Gaza began, saying the territory could be teetering on the precipice of famine.
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