A World Food Programme (WFP) official has said the Gaza Strip could surpass famine thresholds of food insecurity, malnutrition and mortality in six weeks, Reuters reports.

“We are getting closer by the day to a famine situation,” said Gian Caro Cirri, Geneva director of the WFP.

“There is reasonable evidence that all three famine thresholds — food insecurity, malnutrition and mortality — will be passed in the next six weeks.”

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