US EditionEvening News Bulletin 23 August 2025
The UN-backed IPC reports 30% of households in Gaza Governorate face famine due to aid blockades and destruction of food sources, urging immediate humanitarian access and ceasefire.
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Famine confirmed in Gaza, sparking renewed calls for ceasefire and humanitarian access
A report released by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) on Friday found that a “famine is currently occurring in Gaza Governorate” and is “rapidly spreading.” Multiple international organizations have renewed their calls for an immediate ceasefire to facilitate an “unimpeded, large-scale humanitarian response that can save lives.” The IPC defines famine as “a situation in which at least one in five households has an extreme …
Evening News Bulletin 23 August 2025
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Saturday, August 23, 2025 - 21:21 Attention, shocking images: the icy testimony of this Frenchman about the famine in Gaza By RTL info with Justine Sow and Gaelle Van Langendonck The famine declared by the UN in the Gaza Strip highlights an alarming humanitarian and health crisis. Jérôme Grimaud is the Emergency Coordinator for Médecins sans frontières (MSF), he tells the horror from within the Gaza Strip. Reading Zen This is a historical first …
Antananarivo, 23 August, 10:45 a.m. – A declared disaster. More than half a million people in Gaza are now trapped in a famine characterized by widespread hunger, poverty and preventable deaths, says a new analysis of the Integrated Classification of Food Security (IPC) published on 22 August. This is the first official confirmation of a famine in the Middle East, while the situation is expected to worsen further in the coming weeks. Faced with …
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