The international body responsible for monitoring world hunger will officially declare famine in Gaza City for the first time, it has been reported. The Israeli government has consistently denied that famine is taking place in Gaza and is currently moving on Gaza City, the final major built-up area of Gaza. For a famine to be declared, three strict criteria must be met: at least 20 per cent of households face an extreme lack of food, at least 30 per cent of children suffer acute malnutrition, and two people for every 10,000 die each day due to 'outright starvation'. #gaza #famine #official #Israel #palestine #hunger