Food security experts warn Gaza at critical risk of famine if Israel doesn't end blockade

Israel has banned any food, shelter or other goods from entering Palestine for past 10 weeks

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TEL AVIV: The Gaza Strip is at critical risk of famine if Israel doesn't lift its blockade and stop its military campaign, food security experts said in a stark warning on Monday.

Outright famine is the most likely scenario unless conditions change, according to findings by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, a leading international authority on the severity of hunger crises.

Nearly half a million Palestinians are in "catastrophic" levels of hunger, meaning they face possible starvation, the report said, while another million are at "emergency" levels of hunger.