US EditionWorst-case scenario of famine is now unfolding in Gaza, UN-backed monitor announces
- A leading global authority on food crises announced that Gaza is currently experiencing the most severe famine conditions amid the ongoing humanitarian emergency.
- This follows Israel's offensive starting October 7, 2023, triggered by Hamas attacks that killed about 1,200 people and took 251 hostage.
- Despite Israeli efforts to open humanitarian corridors and deliver aid, reports indicate severe food shortages, widespread malnutrition, and rising deaths.
- The World Health Organization reported 63 deaths in Gaza linked to malnutrition recently, with 24 of the victims being children younger than five years old, as Cindy McCain called for swift and unimpeded delivery of food aid to avert additional fatalities.
- The crisis reinforces the fragile state of Gaza’s health systems and suggests urgent, sustained international intervention to halt escalating famine conditions.
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Famine declared in Gaza City as Israel escalates fighting
The world's leading authority on food crises said Friday the Gaza Strip's largest city is gripped by famine, and that it is likely to spread across the territory without a ceasefire and an end to restrictions on humanitarian aid.The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, said famine is occurring in Gaza City, home to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, and that it could spread south to Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis by the end …
1,373 Aid Seekers Killed by Israeli Forces Since May in Gaza: UN - Quds News Network
A total of 1,373 Palestinians have been killed while seeking aid in Gaza, most of them by Israeli forces, since May, when the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation began operations, according to the UN human rights office.
When it is no longer just a word, it is a reality that consumes your life every day. It is the testimony of Roba, an Oxfam worker who lives in the Gaza Strip, where hard families manage to put together a meal a day. According to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), the main international authority in the food crisis, in most of the Gaza Strip, the threshold of famine has been reached. Malnutrition has increased rapidly in the…
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