A UN-backed food security group has warned that food and vital services are “plummeting to unprecedented levels” in Gaza, causing a famine-like crisis.
It was dubbed the “worst-case scenario of famine” by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), which noted severe shortages of food, clean water, and essential medical services in the beleaguered area.
CNN noted that the IPC’s advisory, which is based on growing data, shows that a spike in hunger-related deaths is being caused by widespread sickness, malnutrition, and famine.
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Access to food and other necessities has fallen to previously unheard-of levels, and conflict and displacement have escalated,” the IPC stated.
Between April and mid-July, health professionals treated over 20,000 children for acute malnutrition, including over 3,000 who were severely malnourished, according to the IPC. “Latest data indicates that famine thresholds have been reached for food consumption in most of the Gaza Strip and for acute malnutrition in Gaza City,” the organization stated.
It demanded “immediate action” to put a stop to the conflict and make room for extensive humanitarian assistance. The IPC issued a warning in May that there was “high levels of acute food insecurity” and a “high risk” of famine for everyone in Gaza.
Ross Smith, the director of emergencies for the UN World Food Programme (WFP), stated, “It’s evident that a catastrophe is taking place right before our eyes and on our television screens.” “This is a call to action, not a warning. We have not witnessed anything like this in this century,” he remarked.
Gaza’s Health Ministry reports that about 60,000 Palestinians have died since Israel’s conflict started on October 7, 2023. According to the most recent UN figures, over 470,000 people in Gaza are currently in famine circumstances, including 71,000 children under the age of five.
Since March 2, Israel has imposed a complete blockade that has essentially prevented access to gasoline, food, medication, and humanitarian supplies.
According to reports, more than 1,060 people have died while trying to get to food distribution locations.
US President Donald Trump infuriated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday by referring to the situation as “real starvation,” despite Netanyahu’s assertion that there is no starvation in Gaza.
“That’s real starvation stuff,” Trump told reporters in Scotland. “You can’t pretend that I don’t see it. We will therefore be much more involved. “Food centres” would be established in Gaza by the United States, he claimed.
Israel declared that it will suspend military operations in certain areas of Gaza for ten hours every day in order to provide safe passage for humanitarian convoys. Only about 100 trucks have entered since the policy change, despite the UN stating that 500–600 trucks are required daily to address humanitarian requirements.
The lifeline bakeries and community kitchens that closed in May due to shortages have not yet reopened, according to the World Food Programme, which said it was only able to put in roughly half the daily objective.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which is supported by the United States and Israel, has been distributing more than 96 million meal kits since late May. However, the IPC cautions that while clean water and fuel are limited, the majority of the components, such as rice, pasta, and beans, need to be cooked.
