SKIPPING MEALS
The study also said the number of people deemed at risk of catastrophic hunger across Gaza was nearly double the figure reported in December, when the last report was issued and there was already record hunger.
"From mid-March to mid-July, in the most likely scenario and under the assumption of an escalation of the conflict including a ground offensive in Rafah (city), half of the population of the Gaza Strip (1.11 million people) is expected to face catastrophic conditions," the IPC said.
Because of a lack of aid, almost all households were skipping meals every day and adults were reducing their meals so children could eat, the report said.
In northern Gaza, in nearly two-thirds of households people went entire days and nights without eating at least 10 times in the last 30 days, it added. In southern areas, that applied to one-third of the households.
Israel has said it has a plan to assault Rafah, the southern Gaza city bordering Egypt, to root out Hamas fighters, but it is also involved in mediation talks about a possible truce.
The IPC analysis said famine could still be avoided if Israel and Hamas stop fighting and aid organisations gain increased access.
"But in order to do that, we must act and we must act now," chief economist of the World Food Programme, Arif Husain, told Reuters following the release of the IPC report.
"We need full access, we need large quantities of food, and we need the ability to reach people where they are and provide them with this food as soon as possible. If we can do this, our hope is we can still avert a full-fledged famine. But the window is shutting, and it is shutting very, very fast."
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