Food crisis experts say 'worst-case scenario of famine' is happening in Gaza
Tel Aviv (AP): The leading international authority on food crises says the “worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip" and is predicting “widespread death” without immediate action.
Tuesday's alert by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification follows an outcry over images of emaciated children in Gaza and reports of dozens of hunger-related deaths.
The IPC made the warning in an “alert,” or update, that falls short of a formal famine declaration. But it says recent developments, including a tight blockade by Israel, have “dramatically worsened” the situation.
Israel has announced new steps in recent days aimed at increasing the flow of food into Gaza. But aid groups say the measures have had little immediate impact.
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US VP JD Vance says Lebanon not part of ceasefire, calls it ‘misunderstanding’
Budapest/Washington: US Vice President J D Vance has said that Lebanon was never included in the ceasefire understanding with Iran, describing the confusion as a “legitimate misunderstanding”.
Speaking to reporters before departing from Hungary, Vance said, “I think the Iranians thought that the ceasefire included Lebanon and it just didn’t. We never made that promise.”
He stressed that the United States had not included Lebanon in the scope of the ceasefire at any stage.
His remarks come amid continued Israeli strikes in Lebanon, where more than 200 people were reported killed, even as ceasefire talks between Iran and the US move forward.
Vance said Israel had “offered … to check themselves a little bit in Lebanon because they want to make sure that our negotiation is successful”.
He warned that if Iran allows the situation in Lebanon to affect the negotiations, it could derail the talks.
“If Iran wants to let this negotiation fall apart in a conflict where they were getting hammered over Lebanon, which has nothing to do with them and which the United States never once said was part of the ceasefire, that’s ultimately their choice,” he said.
