'Worst-case scenario of famine unfolding in Gaza,' declares global hunger monitor
The IPC calls for immediate action to end the siege and allow for unimpeded access to humanitarian aid
The world's leading hunger monitoring system on Tuesday issued a warning that the "worst-case scenario of famine" is unfolding in Gaza due to the Israel-imposed starvation and siege.
“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 UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) said in a new report.
“Amid relentless conflict, mass displacement, severely restricted humanitarian access, and the collapse of essential services, including healthcare, the crisis has reached an alarming and deadly turning point.”
The warning comes as nearly 150 Palestinian children and adults in Gaza have succumbed to death from starvation since March.
"Malnutrition has been rising rapidly in the first half of July," the IPC said.
"Over 20,000 children have been admitted for treatment for acute malnutrition between April and mid-July, with more than 3,000 severely malnourished. Hospitals have reported a rapid increase in hunger-related deaths of children under five years of age, with at least 16 reported deaths since 17 July."
The IPC called for immediate action to end the siege and allow for unimpeded access to humanitarian aid.
Unrwa, the UN's largest humanitarian provider in Gaza, has told MEE that it has had 6,000 aid trucks in Egypt and Jordan for over four and a half months awaiting Israeli permits to enter Gaza.
The IPC's latest analysis in May projected that by September the entire 2.1 million population would face acute food insecurity and more than 500,000 people would reach a state of extreme starvation.
This is a developing story...
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