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For the First Time, the World's Food Crises Authority Announces a Famine in Gaza

The IPC on Friday declared a famine in Gaza City, Gaza Governorate, Gaza Strip, marking the first official famine confirmation in the Middle East on August 22, 2025.
After a March ban on goods and a six-week blockade, Israel's restrictions worsened shortages, with the IPC citing fighting, blockade of aid, displacement, and cropland damage after 22 months of war.
The U.N. report found 500,000 people face catastrophic hunger, 132,000 children under five are at risk, and 98 percent of cropland is damaged or inaccessible in Gaza.
The IPC warned famine could spread to Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis by next month, and aid workers said thousands too weak to evacuate will strain hospitals during the planned offensive.
U.N. officials urged immediate action and a ceasefire, with António Guterres calling it `a man-made disaster, a moral indictment, and a failure of humanity itself`, while Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and government agencies dismissed the report as `an outright lie` and `based on Hamas lies`.

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