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Global Monitors Confirm Famine in Part of Gaza. What Does That Mean?

A panel of food security experts said the famine could spread to more of the enclave within weeks.

© Saher Alghorra for The New York Times

A charity kitchen distributing food in Gaza City on Friday.
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Gaza City and Surrounding Areas Officially Hit by Famine, Global Group Says

At least half a million people in the enclave were facing the most severe conditions measured by U.N.-backed international experts: starvation, acute malnutrition and death.

© Saher Alghorra for The New York Times

Palestinians jostling for food outside a charity kitchen in Gaza City on Friday.
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