Gaza City and surrounding areas are officially experiencing famine, with 514,000 people currently affected and estimates rising to 641,000 by the end of September. Famine conditions are expected to spread to central and southern areas including Deir el-Balah and Khan Younis. The crisis follows 22 months of war during which infrastructure and bakeries were destroyed, aid entry was blocked, and people seeking food were targeted and killed. This is the first IPC-recorded famine outside Africa. The situation is described as a man-made disaster requiring urgent political will, accountability, and fulfilment of legal obligations to ensure food and medical access.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Gaza's famine was a man-made disaster, a moral indictment, and a failure of humanity itself. Famine is not only about food; it is the deliberate collapse of the systems needed for human survival, Guterres said. People are starving. Children are dying. And those with the duty to act are failing. The UN chief said Israel, as the occupying power, has unequivocal obligations under international law,
On Friday, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) system said 514,000 people, close to a quarter of Palestinians in Gaza, are experiencing famine, with the number due to rise to 641,000 by the end of September. This comes after 22 months of war, during which Israeli forces have destroyed infrastructure and bakeries, blocked the entry of aid into the besieged Strip, and targeted and killed desperate Palestinians seeking food.
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