Gaza hunger crisis worsens as Red Crescent warns of looming famine

The Palestine Red Crescent Society has warned that hunger in Gaza has reached catastrophic levels, saying the situation is now “even more dire than in the past 19 months”.

In its latest update, the humanitarian group said famine looms once more as over a million displaced people struggle to meet basic nutritional needs.

“The nutritional front, the population is facing once again at extreme risk of famine,” the statement read.

The Red Crescent says its remaining food stocks are “completely depleted”, with only small amounts of legumes left, which are being sent to community kitchens in a last-ditch effort to feed people.

It added that markets and aid distribution points across the besieged territory have also run out of essential supplies.

“There is an inability to meet even the minimum daily needs of over a million displaced people,” the organisation said.