JUST IN 🔴 UN-Linked Report Lowered Standards to Declare Gaza Famine The UN-linked IPC lowered famine standards for Gaza in its July 29 report, replacing traditional weight-height checks with MUAC arm measurements and cutting the child malnutrition threshold from 30% to 15%. The change, unprecedented in other regions, relies on unverified Hamas-supplied data, raising concerns of bias and inflated famine claims.