Dec. 19 (UPI) -- An international hunger watchdog group said that while Gaza is no longer in famine conditions since the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, it's still food-insecure and many people still go hungry.
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, a United Nations-backed group, released a report Friday that said on X that at least 1.6 million people are still facing high levels of acute food insecurity.
It said that acute malnutrition is still critical in Gaza City and is serious in Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis with nearly 101,000 children under 5 likely to suffer acute malnutrition through mid-October 2026 throughout Gaza.
Israel's foreign ministry called the IPC report "deliberately distorted" and "doesn't reflect the reality in the Gaza Strip," the BBC reported.
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