The largest city of Gaza strip is now prone to famine, according to the world’s leading authority over food crises. Integrated Food Safety Charan Classification, or IPC, said on Friday that Akal was happening in Gaza city and it was likely to spread to Khan Younis and Dir Al-Bala’s southern cities without a ceasefire and ended restrictions on humanitarian aid.
Help groups and food safety experts have warned for months Gaza was on the verge of famineBut IPC report The first official confirmation. Israel immediately dismissed the IPC assessment, the Ministry of External Affairs for months claimed that “there was no famine in Gaza”.
But the IPC – in which more than a dozen United Nations agencies, support groups, governments and other bodies and were first established in Somalia during the famine in 2004 – said that it was concluded on the basis of “fair evidence” that the famine is confirmed in Gaza Governor. ,
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“after 22 months tireless conflictMore than half a million people in the Gaza Strip are facing horrific circumstances characteristic of starvation, destruction and death, “the group said, warning that 1.07 million people in Gaza were currently in a slightly less hungry risk category, and that in circumstances there was a possibility of expanding the field of densely populated pavali.
“Between mid-August and end of September 2025, Dare al-Balah and Khan are expected to deteriorate with an estimated famine for the expansion of Unis. About one-third of the population (641,000 people) is expected to face the terrible position (IPC phase 5), while the possibility of an emergency (IPC phase) will increase.
The IPC said at least for the following year, “At least five of the children are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition – doubled IPC estimates since May 2025. It includes more than 41,000 serious cases. To children at risk of death,
In a separate statement, Tom Fletcher, who heads the United Nations office for coordination of human affairs, stated that the “systematic barrier” of Israeli’s aid caused famine in Gaza.
Fletcher told reporters in Geneva, “This is a famine that we could stop if we were allowed. Still a food boundaries arranged by Israeli, the food piles on the boundaries of food,” Fletcher told reporters in Geneva, “A famine and we should bother all.”
Israel insisted that “there is no famine in Gaza”
In a statement, the Israeli Foreign Ministry clearly rejected the findings of the United Nations -backed report.
“There is no famine in Gaza,” the ministry said, accusing the IPC of presenting a report, “was robbed through organizations with vested interests on the basis of Hamas.”
The ministry said, “More than 100,000 trucks have entered Gaza since the onset of the war, and in recent weeks, a large influx of assistance has filled the strip with staple foods and caused a sharp fall in food prices, which have fallen into the markets,” the ministry said.
While in recent weeks, more human assistance has been allowed in Gaza, as Israel has come under intensive international pressure, support organizations say it is nowhere to the required amount. A controversial new US- and Israel-supported aid distribution group has also come under fast criticism Murder of many citizens Its four distribution in Gaza near the hub.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has also repeatedly denied that there is widespread hunger in Gaza, calling the reports of “lies” promoted by Hamas.
The Israeli military agency Kogat, in -charge of transferring assistance to Gaza, said the report was “false and biased”. It said that important steps were taken to expand the amount of assistance entering the strip in recent weeks.
What does premature classification mean?
Food safety experts say that famine may appear in pockets, sometimes small, and therefore a formal classification requires caution. The IPC has only confirmed famine a few times in Somalia in 2011, and in 2017 and 2020, and last year in parts of the West Darfur region of Sudan. This is the first reinforced famine in the Middle East.
The IPC rates an area as a famine when these three situations are confirmed:
- 20% of families have extreme food decrease, or essentially hungry.
- At least 30% of children suffer from rapid malnutrition from 6 months to 5 years old, based on weight-to-height measurement; Or 15% of that age group suffers from acute malnutrition based on the circumference of their upper hand.
- At least two people, or four children under the age of 5, are dying daily due to starvation or malnutrition and disease interaction.
Gaza has given a major challenge to experts as Israel severely limits access to the region, making it difficult to collect and confirm the data.
In a separate report on Friday, the Femin Review Committee, or FRC said, it also concluded that there was a famine in Gaza’s part. The FRC is a group of independent international food safety experts regularly consulted by the IPC.
The group acts as an additional layer of verification when the data shows that famine may occur.
The data analyzed between July 1 and August 15 showed clear evidence that according to the IPC, the threshold has reached for starvation and rapid malnutrition. It has been difficult to collect data for mortality, but the IPC said it is appropriate to conclude from evidence that it is likely to reach the required extent.
Most cases of severe malnutrition in children are generated through a combination of nutrient deficiency with infections, leading to diarrhea and other symptoms, which causes dehydration, “Mass Starker: The History and Future of Femin” and said Alex Dey Walle, Executive Director of the World Peace Foundation.
He said, “There are no standard guidelines for physicians to classify the cause of death as ‘malnutrition’, unlike infection for physicians,” he said.
