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Even if cousin marriage increases the rate of certain genetic conditions, it doesn’t suddenly create 12,000 acutely malnourished children under five and nearly 200 hunger deaths in a matter of months — that’s what siege-induced famine does.

And no, the UN didn’t “rule there isn’t a famine” — the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification has already classified parts of Gaza at “Catastrophe” (Phase 5), which is the same severity level used for a formal famine. Formal declarations take time; people don’t wait to die until the paperwork is stamped.