According to the integrated classification platform for the food security phase (IPC), two out of three Famine thresholds for food consumption have been raped in most of GazaWith acute malnutrition levels in the city of Gaza confirming the repeated warnings of the aid agencies.
“The growing evidence shows that famine, malnutrition and generalized diseases lead to an increase in death -related deaths,” said IPC assessment.
“It is clearly a disaster that takes place before our eyes, in front of our television screens”, ” said Ross Smith, UN World Food Program (Wfp) Emergency director. “It is not a warning, it is a call for action. This is different from everything we saw during this century “,” He told journalists in Geneva.
No food – for days
The alert’s context is Stark: one in three people are now without food for days at a time, said the IPC. Hospitals are also exceeded and have treated more than 20,000 children for acute malnutrition since April. At least 16 children under the age of five have died of hunger causes since mid-July.
The alert follows an IPC analysis in May 2025 which projects Catastrophic levels of food insecurity For the entire population by September. According to experts from the platform, at least half a million people should be in phase 5 of the IPC- disaster – which is marked by famine, destitution and death.
The crisis is trained by almost two years of conflict launched by terrorist attacks led by Hamas in Israel in October 2023 which left around 1,250 people dead and around 450 people taken hostage of heavy fighting killed more than 59,500 people according to the health authorities of the enclave and destroys 70% of the Gaza infrastructure. Echoing the long-standing concerns of assistance agencies for non-combatants, the evaluation of the IPC confirmed that the trip was widespread, with secure areas reduced to less than 12% of the whole territory.
Ceasefire now
Gaza has a population of around 2.1 million people and 90% have been moved, many of them repeatedly. More than 762,500 trips have been recorded since the end of the ceasefire on March 18.
Meanwhile, humanitarian access remains severely limited, help convoys are frequently obstructed or caught. On Sunday, Israel announced that it would start daily humanitarian breaks in Gaza. More than 100 aid trucks would have entered Sunday, but the UN continues to maintain the need to flood Gaza with food, fuel and medication.
In accordance with international calls at the end of the war, the IPC platform also provides for an unconditional and immediate ceasefire, without hindrance and the restoration of essential services. Generalized death is imminent without urgent intervention, warns the report.
Food security experts have also called for the protection of civilians, humanitarian staff and critical infrastructure, including health, water, sanitation, roads and telecommunications networks.
Key points
Confirmed famine: IPC thresholds raped for food consumption and malnutrition.
Children at risk: more than 20,000 treatises for acute malnutrition; 16 reported deaths.
Collaboration of infrastructure: 70% of the infrastructure of Gaza destroyed.
Travel crisis: Safe areas now cover less than 12% of the band.
For more details on the IPC and its hunger for monitoring work and the famine conditions follow this link:
Publicado anteriormente en Almouwatin.
