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The “worst-case scenario of famine” is unfolding in Gaza, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) warned in a July 29 alert, adding that “access to food and other essential items and ...

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Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. The “worst-case scenario of famine” is unfolding in Gaza, the Integrated Food Security Phase ...