The IPC defines famine as when at least 20% of people in an area are suffering extreme food shortage
The entire Gaza Strip remains at risk of famine and is experiencing emergency levels of hunger, with intense Israeli military operations adding to concerns and hampering humanitarian access, a global monitor said on Thursday.
That is down from some 343 000 people suffering catastrophic hunger as of the last update in June, but it is expected to return to that level in coming months, the IPC said.“This crisis is principally the consequence of decisions made by the Israeli authorities. It is in their power to change the situation – urgently,” he said, adding that starvation of civilians as a method of warfare constitutes a war crime.
“The risk of famine persists across the whole Gaza Strip. Given the recent surge in hostilities, there are growing concerns that this worst-case scenario may materialize,” the IPC said in a summary of the analysis.“Famine looms. This is intolerable. Crossing points must open immediately, bureaucratic impediments must be removed, and law and order restored so U.N. agencies can deliver lifesaving humanitarian assistance,” he said in an X social media post.
Most of Gaza’s 2.3 million inhabitants have been displaced, many of them multiple times, by more than a year of war between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas. Israeli bombardment has left much of the territory in ruins.
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