US EditionUN official: 'All hope is gone' if Israeli offensive on famine-stricken Gaza City goes ahead
The UN Security Council condemns the use of starvation as a weapon of war, with over 514,000 Gazans facing famine and urgent calls for ceasefire and aid access.
- On Wednesday, Sam Rose, acting director of Gaza operations for UNRWA, warned `all hope is gone` if Israel's planned offensive on Gaza City proceeds, while Israel calls evacuation `inevitable`.
- The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification earlier this month declared famine in Gaza City, affecting over 500,000 people, while on August 8, 2025, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli Security Cabinet approved a campaign to re-occupy Gaza City and eject its 710,000 inhabitants.
- The IPC's findings show 514,000 people in famine and 1.07 million at emergency hunger levels, while over 6,000 stalled aid trucks and 313 hunger deaths, including 119 children, were reported.
- At the U.N., Security Council members urged an immediate ceasefire as fourteen UNSC members, excluding the U.S., condemned the famine as man-made while Israel challenged the IPC report on August 27.
- Projections indicate famine could spread into Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis governorates by the end of September, with numbers rising to 641,000, while planned displacement risks compressing Gaza's population into the south, worsening survival conditions.
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All members of UN Security Council except US say Gaza famine is 'manmade crisis'
Donald Trump and Tony Blair held talks at the White House about the future of Gaza, while the overwhelming majority of the United Nations Security Council issued a joint statement that the famine there was a "manmade crisis".
Most UN Security Council member states, with the exception of the United States, have said this Wednesday that “famine must stop immediately,” claiming that “time is pressing,” after the United Nations officially declared famine in the Gaza governorate, located in the central and northern areas of the Gaza Strip. “The humanitarian emergency must be addressed without delay and Israel must change course. We have seen what can be achieved during a …
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