Worst-case scenario of famine is now unfolding in Gaza, UN-backed monitor announces
GAZA STRIP, PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, JUL 29 – The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification warns one in three people in Gaza goes days without food amid tightened blockades and collapsing health services, risking widespread death without urgent aid.
- On Tuesday, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification issued a warning that the 'worst-case scenario of famine' is unfolding in Gaza, with 'widespread death' predicted without immediate action.
- Amid increasingly stringent blockades, Gaza's aid access has collapsed since recent weeks, as Israel has shut all Gaza crossings, worsening conditions, the IPC reports.
- Between April and mid-July, 2025, over 20,000 children were admitted for malnutrition treatment, with more than 3,000 severely malnourished, the IPC report shows.
- Under mounting pressure, Israel announced daily humanitarian pauses in parts of Gaza and authorized food and medical aid airdrops this week.
- According to the World Food Program, 3,000 Palestinians have been displaced since mid-May, with conditions affecting Gaza’s 2.1 million residents nearing famine criteria.
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Gaza seeing 'worst case' famine scenario, aid group warns
Israel's prime minister is facing growing international pressure to end the war in Gaza that has killed more than 60,000 Palestinians. A leading food crisis group is now warning of widespread famine in Gaza as deaths from starvation rise. Amna Nawaz reports. A warning, images in this story are disturbing.
The "worst famine situation is currently taking place in the Gaza Strip," said the leading international authority in food crises on a new warning Tuesday, predicting "widespread deaths" if immediate action is not taken.
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