Spread of Gaza famine has been averted ‘but strip still faces starvation’

Palestinian women struggle to receive donated food at a community kitchen in Nuseirat (Abdel Kareem Hana/AP)

The spread of famine has been averted in Gaza, yet the situation remains critical with the entire strip still facing starvation, the world’s leading authority on food crises said.

The new report by The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, comes months after the group said famine was occurring in Gaza City and likely to spread across the territory without a ceasefire and an end to humanitarian aid restrictions.