A mother has told the BBC that her five -year -old daughter has lost about half of her body weight due to famine in Gaza city.
Lamia Hijz, whose family has been displaced several times during the war, has lost 8.5 kg, according to her mother Reeda and cannot run.
On Friday, the Integrated Food Safety Stage Classification (IPC) extended its classification to phase 5, which is the highest and worst level of its acute food insecurity.
It states that the famine is confirmed in the Gaza Governor, which includes the Gaza City and its surrounding areas, which is expected to extend the “horrific situation” to the end of September by the end of September.
Israel denied that there was starvation in Gaza and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the IPC report as a “lump sum lie”.
