Famine is ‘playing out’ in Gaza, warns global hunger monitor

By Michelle Nichols and Olivia Le Poidevin

UNITED NATIONS/GENEVA (Reuters) -Famine is “playing out” in the Gaza Strip, a global hunger monitor said in an alert issued on Tuesday as international criticism of Israel intensifies over rapidly worsening conditions in the Palestinian enclave.

“The worst-case scenario of Famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip,” said the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) alert. “Mounting evidence shows that widespread starvation,…