Food security experts warn Gaza is at critical risk of famine if Israel doesn't end its blockade

For over two months, Israel has been blocking aid supplies to the Gaza Strip. 75 percent of the agricultural land and 66 percent of the wells in the contested coastal strip have been destroyed.

According to UN figures, the situation in the Gaza Strip continues to deteriorate. The famine is getting worse every day and agriculture is facing collapse. Almost no one is spared in the enclave. In view of the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warns of an increasing famine. The organization based in Rome called for the immediate restoration of humanitarian access and the lifting of all blocka…

Nearly 22 per cent of the population is in a "disastrophic" situation, warned the report.

Gaza population now faces critical risk of famine, global hunger monitor warns

Half a million people in the Gaza Strip face starvation, a global hunger monitor said on Monday, saying the Israeli-blockaded enclave still confronts a critical risk of famine with a high risk of one occurring by the end of September.

Gaza faces ‘critical risk of famine’: UN report

Gaza is at 'critical risk of famine,' with 22 percent of the population facing an imminent humanitarian “catastrophe” after more than two months of an aid blockade by Israel, a food security monitor warned Monday.

Gaza faces 'critical risk of famine': UN report

Gaza is at "critical risk of famine", with 22 percent of the population facing an imminent humanitarian "catastrophe" after more than two months of an aid blockade by Israel, a food security monitor warned Monday.