No longer famine in Gaza, says hunger monitor, but emergency remains
<body><p>STORY: There is no longer famine in Gaza, a global hunger monitor said on Friday, but the situation remains critical.</p><p>That's after Israel, which controls all access to Gaza, allowed in more aid and food supplies following a fragile October 10 ceasefire between it and Hamas. </p><p>Doctors in Nasser Hospital, southern Gaza, fear for Arjwan al-Dahini, aged four.</p><p>She's critically ill with severe acute malnutrition, the most dangerous stage of hunger. </p><p>:: File</p><p>The latest assessment by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC,</p><p>comes four months after it said nearly a quarter of Palestinians in Gaza were experiencing famine, which Israel denied. </p><p>That's more than half a million people.</p><p>Arjwan's mother Hanin says the girl still weighs no more than 11 pounds (five kilograms) and her growth has stagnated. </p><p>Her husband had his arm amputated so he can't work and they have no income.</p><p>"Arjwan started to get tired from the beginning of the war.…
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